Fig. 1: Strecker synthesis of glycine.

A simplified view of the reaction steps (1–4) involved in the Strecker Synthesis of glycine. Pink arrows indicate the proposed laboratory synthetic route (1, 6) to aminomethanol.
A simplified view of the reaction steps (1–4) involved in the Strecker Synthesis of glycine. Pink arrows indicate the proposed laboratory synthetic route (1, 6) to aminomethanol.