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Feb 27, 2015

The bond is electrostatic between two differently charged ions

In practice the amine group NH2 has a free electron doublet that picks up a proton from acidic environment and is converted to ammonium group (NH3+).The carboxyl group COOH looses a proton in basic environment and is converted to carboxylate ion (COO-).

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