Glyphosate → N-methyl-N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine

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Liquid chromatography analysis of the recrystallized product showed that N-phosphonomethylglycine was present along with a sister compound whose peak on the chromatogram was of an intensity equal to that exhibited by glyphosate. The sister compound was understood to be N-phosphonomethylalanine. No N-methylglyphosate was formed, but a measurable trace of N-formylglyphosate was observed.

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