Re: Glycin


Sil Horwitz (silh@iag.net)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 18:11:59 -0500


At 05:46 PM 1999/02/01 -0500, Poors wrote:
>Before I get you a systhesis...are you talking about aminoacetic acid?
>ie. glycine I do not recommend following patents as they are notorious
>for being vague and not very reproducable. bob

Glycine and glycin are two very different compounds. Glycine is (as you
note) aminoacetic acid, used as a nutrient. Glycin, the photographic
developer, is a substituted phenol, p-Hydroxyphenyl-aminoacetic acid. Very
confusing, those common names.

Sil Horwitz, FPSA
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