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Chemical formula of sodium myristoyl sarcosinate is:

CH3(CH2)12CO--N(CH3)CH2COONa

It is myristic acid (butadecanoic acid, CH3(CH2)12CO-OH) coupled to the amino group of methyl-glycine (methyl-aminoethanoate, H-N(CH3)CH2COO- ) by a peptide bond (carbonyl to amino)

The more official chemical name is, from this the structural formula can be formulated unambigiously according to IUPAC-rules:

sodium N-methyl-N-(1-oxotetradecyl)aminoacetate

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