Organic Chemistry 9th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305080483
ISBN 13: 978-1-30508-048-5

Chapter 1 - Structure and Bonding - Exercises - Page 27b: 21

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Work Step by Step

Steps: 1- Ensure that there is a total of four bond for each carbon atom. 2- Ensure that there is a total of two bonds for each oxygen atom. 3- Ensure that there is a total of three bonds for each nitrogen atom. 4- Ensure that there is a single sigma bond for each hydrogen atom. Understand why: All of the carbon atoms in the organic molecule, aspartame, is sp3 hybridized. Hence, carbon can form a total of four covalent bonds (sharing the electrons in its four sp3 hybrid orbitals).
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