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    Apr 2, 2008, 05:59 PM
    Structural diagram for MSG
    How do you draw a structural diagram for MSG(monosodium glutamate)?
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    Apr 5, 2008, 03:16 PM
    So what you need to know first is that MSG is the sodium salt of glutamate (= glutamic acid). Next it would be helpful to know that glutamate is an amino acid (a building block of proteins).
    The general structure of an amino acid is generally written as
    NH2CHCOOH
    ......|
    ......R
    Each amino acid has a different R group. The R for glutamate is CH2CH2COOH
    see Amino acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    So the answer is
    NH2CHCOOH
    ......|
    ......CH2CH2COOH
    Or see … Glutamic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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