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Asparagine

      IUAPC name: 2-amino-3-carbamolypropanoic acid


                                                C₄H₈N₂O₃                                                                        

 

_{Molecular Weight: 132.12 g}


  Physical Properties

• Melting Point: 235 °C
• Boiling Point: 438.029 °C
• Flashpoint: 218.712 °C
• Density: 1.405 g/cm³ 
• Solubility: soluble in acid and alkali solution; slightly soluble in water; hardly soluble in ethanol, ethyl ether, methanol, and benzene

 
Intermolecular Forces

Dispersion forces are present in all atoms or molecules that have electrons, so asparagine exhibits dispersion forces.  The compound will have higher dispersion forces, because dispersion forces increase with increasing molar mass.  Greater dispersion forces result in increased boiling points, this is also reflected in asparagine as it has a boiling point of 438.029 °C.  In addition, dipole-dipole forces exist in asparagine because it is a polar molecule.  Hydrogen bonding also takes place.  For example, the NH₂ atom has one unshared pair of electrons and can form one hydrogen bond, the oxygen atoms of C=O groups have two unshared pairs of electrons and can form two hydrogen bonds with hydrogen atoms.