<p>Ball-and-stick model of the neuraminic acid molecule, based on the crystal structure of the derivative <i>N</i>-acetylneuraminic acid methyl ester monohydrate.
</p><p>X-ray crystallographic data from <cite style="font-style:normal">A. M. O'Connell (1973). "The crystal structure of <i>N</i>-acetylneuraminic acid methyl ester monohydrate". <i>Acta Cryst.</i> <b>B29</b>: 2320-2328. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" class="extiw" title="w:Digital object identifier">DOI</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1107/S0567740873006631">10.1107/S0567740873006631</a>.</cite> (ANEUME).
</p><p>Model constructed in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://avogadro.cc">Avogadro</a>.
</p>
Image generated in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/products/mercury/">CCDC Mercury 3.9</a>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benjah-bmm27" title="User:Benjah-bmm27">Ben Mills</a>
2018-11-22
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>