ABC26OR0078 · Natural Products

Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: Natural Products · Topic: Natural Products – General · Exam: CSIR-NET DEC 2012 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Hard

Degradation of penicillin $G$ gives penicillamine that can utilize nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atoms as donors to bind with lead (II), mercury (II) or copper(II). The structure of penicillamine is structure
(a)structure
(b)structure
(c)structure
(d)structure
Answer
Answer (as printed): A
Explanation
Degradation of penicillin G occurs at carbon hetero bond and produces

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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