Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 54120551, compound

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Reaction Steps

To an ice-cooled and stirred solution of N-(2-ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropionyl)-(L)-tryptophanol (15 g) in THF (40 ml)-methanol (30 ml) was added dropwise a solution of KOH (2.5 g) in water (10 ml). After stirring at 4° C.-room temperature for 20 hours, the reaction mixture was acidified with 1N HCl, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with brine and dried (MgSO4). The organic solvent was evaporated off to yield N-(2-carboxy-3-phenylpropionyl)-(L)-tryptophanol (13.5 g, 97%) as crystals. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane gave pale yellow crystals having melting point of 130° to 131° C.

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