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Glycine is converted to the methyl ester.

This is a hypothetical reaction taken from an AS/A2 exam paper and the sulfuric acid would form the ammonium sulfate salt... but this was not the primary aim of the question.
  +  
CH3OH
  +  
H2SO4
         
  +  
H2O
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
Substitution: Addition-followed-by Elimination
Substitution: Nucleophilic @ Acyl-Nfg

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