amino acids

can anyone pls hlp me out with the mechanism of converting

acetoacetic ester to glycine

using HNO2

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

I can't seem to think of how nitrous acid is involved but...do check these out -:
http://www.tutornext.com/preparation-methods-amino-acids/2925

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suvajit Laik ·

hey,rish as u know that the given ester has active methylene group,so it reacts wid HNO2+NaNO2+HCl wherE AN SN REACTION UNDERGOES +LiAlH4 OR NaBH4 AND THE SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS WOULD PRODUCE A ZWTTER ION LIKE STRUCTURE OF GLYCINE.

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