Glycine → Glyphosate
Reaction equation
[NH2:1][CH2:2][C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].[CH:6]([P:8](=[O:11])([OH:10])[OH:9])=O>>[CH2:2]([NH:1][CH2:6][P:8]([OH:11])([OH:10])=[O:9])[C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4]Participants
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Procedure
Reaction of glycine and formylphosphonic acid was carried out under the conditions described in Example 6 except that the initial pH was 4.0. A 27% yield of glyphosate was obtained.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-60a7585f28b24c6d804f1b52bf745df1
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1986_02
- Patent number
- US04568432
Reaction notes
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