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HuagongsheHuagongshe Chemistry Print Report · For research reference only
HRID 1707795Generated: October 25, 2026

Hydrochloric Acid → Etilevodopa

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHydrochloric AcidHCID 313—
ReactantLevodopaHCID 6047—
Reactant2-Methylbenzenesulfonic acidHCID 6925—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
ProductEtilevodopaHCID 170345—

Reaction Steps

reacting L-DOPA with ethanol in the presence of thionyl chloride or an acid catalyst selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid and toluene sulfonic acid to yield crude L-DOPA ethyl ester;

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05354885
Source datasetuspto-grants-1994_10
ORD IDord-2694a7b9d89f4c1883eecd2ddd934763
Source noteuspto-grants-1994_10