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Esterification of Glycine

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The statement is correct.

The most common method for the esterification of amino acids is with anhydrous acid in alcohol. The most convenient way of doing this is with thionyl chloride example procedure or chlorotrimethylsilane example procedure as a source of anhydrous HCl.

The original procedures with HCl gas or conc. sulfuric acid are slower and lower yielding recent example

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