Chemical Properties
beige to light orange powder
Uses
Reactant for preparation of:
- Tryptamine derivatives as inhibitors against hepatitis B virus
- Carbamoyl epipodophyllotoxins as potential antitumor agents
- Anthranilic acid derivatives as CCK receptor antagonists
- Brassinin derivatives as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase inhibitors
- Antispasmodic agents
- β-carbolinium cations as new antimalarial agents
General Description
The fluorescence property of tryptamine hydrochloride was studied in reverse micelles solution made with benzylhexadecyldimethylammonium chloride (BHDC) in benzene.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the salt from EtOH/water or EtOH/Et2O. See previous entry for UV. [Beilstein 22 II 347, 22 III/IV 4319, 22/10 V 46.]