Abstract
The two forms of glycine, plates from water, and needles from alcohol and water, were studied.
Emil Fischer 1 had shown that an acid chloride could be obtained from the latter, but not from the former. Further differences between the two forms were found on heating (decomposition temperatures), in the reaction with nitrous acid (van Slyke method for amino-nitrogen), and toward bromine.
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