L-Tryptophan → Methyl tryptophanate hydrochloride

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Under ice bath, 100 ml round-bottom flask was added with 60 ml of methanol, and then slowly added with 4 ml of SOCl2 through constant pressure dropping funnel (with a drying tube on the top), and NaOH solution was used to absorb exhaust. After stirring for 1 h, 8 mmol of L-tryptophan was added and stirred at room temperature for 30 min, and then refluxed at 66° C. for 6 h. The reaction was tracked by TLC until the raw material disappears, with a solution of 2% ninhydrin in ethanol as chromogenic reagent. The solvent was evaporated out to obtain L-tryptophan methyl ester hydrochloride. Yield: 100%.

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