Treatment of aminoacetonitrile with sodium hydroxide yielded a sodium solution of glycocoll to which p-nitrobenzoyl chloride was reacted to obtain p-nitrohippuric acid. In this instance a monohydrate of pale yellow prisms, m.p. 130-132°, is obtained at pH 1.0-1.5 and that of white needles, m.p. 190-192°, at pH 4.0-4.5. These two transit to each other by the correction of pH. Catalytic reduction of p-nitrohippuric acid yielded p-aminohippuric acid.