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
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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.