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Amino acids behave like salts rather than simple amines or carboxylic acids. Explain.
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Amino acids have acidic $\mathrm{COOH}$ group as well as $\mathrm{NH}_2$ group hence, $\mathrm{COOH}$ looses its $\mathrm{H}$ to $\mathrm{NH}_2$, hence they exist as Zwitter ion.
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