A new synthesis of 5-bromo-DL-tryptophan

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919308009861

A new synthesis of 5-bromotryptophan, a potential antisickling agent, from 5-bromo-3-methylindole is described.

Full text of DOI:10.1080/00397919308009861

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A New Synthesis of 5-Bromo-
DL-tryptophan
Dhanapalan Nagarathnam a & Michael E. Johnson a
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Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, P.
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