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The artificial sweetener aspartame is prepared from two amino acids—namely, aspartic aci...

The artificial sweetener aspartame is prepared from two amino acids—namely, aspartic acid and the methyl ester of phenylalanine. The structure of this ester derivative of phenylalanine has a –CH3 group instead of an –H on the –CO2H group of the amino acid. Draw the structure of aspartame which has aspartic acid as the N terminal amino acid.

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