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I'm having trouble answering a question on my biology homework. Explain why the following structural formula is not correct based on chemical bond formation

I'm having trouble answering a question on my biology homework. Explain why the following-example-1
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I'd say that it is incorrect because each carbon atom should bond 4 times and all three carbon atoms in this structural formula only bond once. The reverse is true for hydrogen atoms. They only form one bond but in this structural formula two of them have four bonds. I don't know about nitrogen though.
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