A [[Acetylationacetilación]] canpode beconseguirse achievedutilizando usingvarios a variety of methodsmétodos, thedos mostcales commono onemáis beingcomún viaé theo useuso ofde [[aceticanhídrido anhydrideacético]] orou [[acetylcloruro chlorideacético]], oftenxeralmente inen thepresenza presencedunha of a tertiary or aromaticbase [[amineamina]] [[baseterciaria (chemistry)|base]]aromática. A typical acetylation is the conversion of glycine to acetylglycine:<ref>{{OrgSynth | author = R. M. Herbst and D. Shemin | title = Acetylglycine | collvol = 2 | collvolpages = 11| year = 1943 | prep = CV2P0011}}</ref>
