Identify the pair of reactants that upon reaction, with elimination of will give rise to the dipeptide Gly-Ala.

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Identify the pair of reactants that upon reaction, with elimination of  will give rise to the dipeptide Gly-Ala.

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To form the dipeptide Gly-Ala via the elimination of , the acyl chloride derivative of the N-terminal amino acid must react with the free amine of the C-terminal amino acid.
In Gly-Ala, Glycine (Gly) is the N-terminal unit, meaning its carboxyl group forms the peptide bond. Its derivative should be glycyl chloride: .
Alanine (Ala) is the C-terminal unit, meaning its amino group will attack the carbonyl chloride. Its structure remains .
Reacting these two precisely eliminates , creating the desir

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