Photos of molecular models for Option 3 Forensic Chemistry (continued)

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(c) amino acids and peptides

In the models black is carbon, white is hydrogen, red is oxygen, blue is nitrogen and yellow is sulfur.

(i) Three simple amino acids

glycine	alanine	cysteine

(ii) Formation of a dipeptide

(iii) Formation of a tripeptide using glycine, alanine and cysteine

Using space-filling models

Same thing but using ball-and-stick models

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