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Glyphosate: spot the wrong reaction class

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One-step route to glyphosate from glycine and a phosphorus reagent. The product is right and the atoms balance. Read the reaction class label.

Kabachnik-Fields / phosphonomethylation reaction
Distinguishing C-C from C-P bond formation
Why Friedel-Crafts cannot operate on a non-aromatic substrate

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