Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. The simplest amino acid is glycine (H2NCH2COOH). Draw a Lewis structure for gly
cine. (Hint: The central atoms in the skeletal structure are nitrogen bonded to carbon, which is bonded to another carbon. The two oxygen atoms are bonded directly to the right-most carbon atom.) Draw the molecule by placing atoms on the grid and connecting them with bonds. Include all hydrogen atoms and nonbonding electrons.
The lewis structure (indicating all the atoms and patterns provided as hint in the question) of glycine can be seen in the attachment below. While the chemical structure of glycine can be seen below
H
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H₂N - C - C =O
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H OH
The structure (of glycine) above provides a "fair idea" of how the lewis structure will be.
