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2-Chloropropanoic acid reacts with ammonia to give the aminoacid alanine.

(Note these conditions produce racemic alanine, and not the single configuration alanine shown.)
  +  
2
NH3
         
  +  
NH4Cl
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2-Chloropropanoic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonia     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Alanine     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ammonium chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Substitution: Nucleophilic Second Order

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