N-Benzylglycine ethyl ester → 2-(Benzylamino)acetic acid

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225.8 g (1.17 mol) of ethyl N-benzylglycinate (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 72, 1238 (1950)) are refluxed overnight in 600 ml of water. The product which has crystallised out is filtered off with suction and the filtrate is extracted once using tert.-butyl methyl ether. The aqueous phase is concentrated and the crystals obtained together with the product which has been filtered off are dried in a desiccator over phosphorus pentoxide.

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