Question

Write the structure of glycine.

Answer 1

Glycine is an achiral, neutral, and simplest α-amino acid with the molecular formula NH₂–CH₂–COOH. 
Structure of glycine is:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{H}\phantom{.....}\\
|\phantom{.....}\\
\ce{H - C - COOH}\\
|\phantom{.....}\\
\phantom{.....}\ce{\underset{{(L-α-Glycine amino acid)}}{NH2}}\\
\end{array}\]