... PRACTICAL AND IMPROVED ÐOD FOR FORMYLATING AMINO COMPOUNDS BY MEANS OF FORMIC ACID-DIMETHYLFOI?IDE SYSTEM. Jesus Mari Aizpurua and Claudio Palomo* Kimika Organikako Departamendua, Kimika Fakultatea Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Altza, Donostia, Spain. ... Page 6. 750 AIZPURUA AND PALOMO TABLE 2 Formylation of aminoacetic acid (glycine) with formic acid under different conditions. ...