Ammonia → 2-(5-Ethyl-2-pyrrolyl)glycine

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2-Ethylpyrrole (4.75 g., 0.05 mole) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of glyoxylic acid hydrate (2.3 g., 0.025 mole) in 0.880 sp. gr. ammonia solution (25 ml.) at 50°. The mixture was stirred at 50° for 4 hours, then cooled, acidified to pH 5.5 with concentrated hydrochloric acid and filtered. The resulting solid was washed with water, triturated with cold, then hot; methanol and dried in vacuo to afford DL-2-(5-ethyl-2-pyrrolyl)glycine (1.8 g., 43%), M.P. 188° (decomp.).

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