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The 2,5-dialkoxypyrazines 3a and b were prepared in three steps from m
ethyl glycinate hydrochloride (1) in an overall yield of 18 and 63%. U
pon the addition of lithium organyls to 3b and subsequent acidic hydro
lysis the ethyl glycinates rac-7 were obtained.