Aspartame (below) is an artificial sweetener used in diet soft drinks and is marketed under many trade names, including Equal^TMand Nutrasweet^TM. In the body, aspartame is hydrolyzed to produce methanol, aspartic acid, and phenylalanine. The production of phenylalanine poses a health risk to infants born with a rare condition called phenylketonuria, which prevents phenylalanine from being digested properly. Draw the structures of aspartic acid and phenylalanine.

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