L-Tryptophan

• Formula: C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 204.2252
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C11H12N2O2/c12-9(11(14)15)5-7-6-13-10-4-2-1-3-8(7)10/h1-4,6,9,13H,5,12H2,(H,14,15)/t9-/m1/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QIVBCDIJIAJPQS-SECBINFHSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 73-22-3
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Stereoisomers:
  • Tryptophan
• Other names: Tryptophan, L-; L-α-amino-3-indolepropionic acid; Tryptophan; L-Tryptophane; α-Aminoindole-3-propionic acid; L-α-aminoindole-3-propionic acid; L-β-3-indolylalanine; EH 121; L-(-)-Tryptophan; L-Trp; Trp; Tryptophane; 1H-Indole-3-alanine; 1H-Indole-3-propanoic acid, α-amino-, (S)-; 2-Amino-3-indolylpropanoic acid; α'-Amino-3-indolepropionic acid; Alanine, 3-indol-3-yl-; Indole-3-alanine; Indole-3-propionic acid, α-amino-; NCI-C01729; Pacitron; Propionic acid, 2-amino-3-indol-3-yl-; L-Tryptofan; (S)-Tryptophan; (S)-α-Amino-1H-indole-3-propanoic acid; (-)-Tryptophan; 1H-Indole-3-alanine, (S)-; 3-Indol-3-ylalanine; L-Alanine, 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-; NSC 13119
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)

Proton affinity at 298K

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Mirza, Prabhakar, et al., 2001
Mirza, S.P.; Prabhakar, S.; Vairamani, M., Estimation of proton affinity of proline and tryptophan under electrospray ionization conditions using the extended kinetic method, Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrometry, 2001, 15, 957. [all data]

Bojesen and Breindahl, 1994
Bojesen, G.; Breindahl, T., On the Proton Affinity od Some Alpha-Amino Acids and the Theory of the Kinetic Method., J. Chem. Soc. Perkin 2, 1994, 1029. [all data]

Notes

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