Also known as alpha-phenylglycine, DL-alpha-phenylglycine, DL-2-phenylglycine, Amino(phenyl)acetic acid, alpha-amino-alpha-Toluic acid, alpha-Aminophenylacetic acid, alpha-Aminobenzeneacetic acid, 2-Amino-2-phenylacetic acid
Phenylglycine is the organic compound with the formula C6H5CH(NH2)CO2H. It is a non-proteinogenic alpha amino acid related to alanine, but with a phenyl group in place of the methyl group. It is a white solid. The compound exhibits some biological activity.
Phenylglycine is the organic compound with the formula C6H5CH(NH2)CO2H. It is a non-proteinogenic alpha amino acid related to alanine, but with a phenyl group in place of the methyl group. It is a white solid. The compound exhibits some biological activity.
==Preparation== It is prepared from benzaldehyde by amino cyanation (Strecker synthesis). It can also be prepared from glyoxal and by reductive amination of phenylglyoxylic acid.
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