Sodium Carbonate → L-Phenylalanine, methyl ester

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241 g (1.1 Mole) L-phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride was dissolved in 900 ml water, and neutralized with 71 g sodium carbonate. The liberated L-phenylalanine methyl ester was extracted with 2.3 l ethyl acetate to give an L-phenylalanine methyl ester solution containing 1.05 mole of the ester which was mixed with 150 ml methanol.

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