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QJEEM18Ch7284: JEE Main 2018 Chemistry - Class 12 JEEM18Ch7284 Solution: The predominant form of histamine present in human blood is (pK …

The predominant form of histamine present in human blood is (pKa, Histidine = 6.0)

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Blood is slightly basic in nature as it's pH is around 7.4 .

JEE Main 2018 (Offline) Chemistry - Biomolecules Question 151 English Explanation 1

In Histamine there is two basic centers

(1) Aliphatie amino group

(2) Basic nitrogen of imidazole ring.

Where pKa of Aliphatic amino group is 9.4 and pKa of basic nitrogen of imidazole ring is 5.8.

As more pKa value means more basic, So, aliphatic amino group is more basic.

As pH of blood is 7.4 so pKa of blood is < 7.4. So, −NH2 group will act as more basic compare to blood. So, blood will act as acid and donate H+ to −NH2 group.

So, Histamine in blood will become this :

JEE Main 2018 (Offline) Chemistry - Biomolecules Question 151 English Explanation 2

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