Methanol → L-Phenylalanine, methyl ester

HRID 129246Notes

Reaction equation

[NH2:1][C@H:2]([C:10]([OH:12])=[O:11])[CH2:3][C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:18]O>>[CH3:18][O:11][C:10](=[O:12])[C@H:2]([CH2:3][C:4]1[CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=1)[NH2:1]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 887Methanol

HCID 1118Sulfuric Acid

HCID 6140L-Phenylalanine

Product 1

HCID 736234L-Phenylalanine, methyl ester

Procedure

esterifying L-phenylalanine with methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid to produce a solution of L-phenylalanine methyl ester;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-217d5b216e39450eb491ee39b4fa63b8
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1995_11
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05466864

Reaction notes

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