The interaction of gaseous glycine with alkali cations (Li+–Cs+) involves three low-energy isomers (below), the relative energies of which depend upon the cation. Interconversion between these structures involves at most 20.4 kcal mol−1 for the sodium complex.
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Hoyau et al. (1998) studied this question.