Google contact synchronization problems

I have a IPhone 4 and just upgraded to 5.0 os. I have two gmail accounts on my MacBook Pro (one for business and one for pesonal). I had no problems synchronizing with the old os. Now, when I synchronize, a get lots of changes to my Google contact list.
Examples are:
Prefixes to names are selectively added
Some contacts appear up to 12 times with exactly the same information
New account names and addresses are added. Dont know who they are. Some are from an old unused Microsoft Entourage file that has not been used for years. The IPhone shound not be picking up any contacts from any other files since I have specified sync with Google contacts only.
To solve the problem, I completely stripped all contacts off the IPhone. Then I spent hours correcting all contact errors from both accounts. I then used ITunes>Info>Sync address book accounts>Sync Google contacts>configure>sync.
All of the corrections I made in Google are gone. All prefixes, multiple accounts, etc. are back on both Google and on my Iphone.
What gives? Is this a software glitch? What am I doing wrong?

Trying to sync with Google is a DISASTER. I'm going to the Apple store and let them fix it. I have been screwing with trying to synchronize my Iphone and Google for 9 hours. What a piece of crap. I really wish I could go back to the old OS

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