title: L-histidine methyl ester dihydrochloride.
abstract: The title compound, C7H13N3O2(2+).2Cl-, has distances and angles quite similar to those of histidine hydrochloride monohydrate [Donohue & Caron (1964). Acta Cryst. 17, 1178-1180], except for the distances within the ester functionality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Vilchiz
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006639:Histidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D006639:Histidine; C053861:histidine methyl ester