Hydrochloric Acid → S-methyl-L-cysteine ethylamide hydrochloride

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To 60 ml of ice-cooled 16% solution of hydrogen chloride in ethyl acetate was added dropwise a solution of 3.93 g (15 mmole) of S-methyl-N-butyloxycarbonyl-L-cysteine ethylamide in 60 ml of ethyl acetate over 20 minutes. After stirring for 2 hours, the reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residual oil was treated with ethyl ether to give 2.8 g (94% yield) of S-methyl-L-cysteine ethylamide hydrochloride as powder.

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