In the synthesis of target compound $alpha$ -methyl tryptophan, depending upon the retro analysis done, the synthesis of key intermediate (2-furyl)methyl etylene oxide has been done. In the synthesis of this key intermediate has been concentrated and various alternative synthetic ways have been examined. This structure was obtained with high chemical yield. In the next step, in order to construct the main skeleton, key intermediate underwent the reaction with indol ring. Resultant hydroxyl structure was converted into the corresponding azide structure via the Mitsunobu type reaction which is known very well in the literature. Reduction of this structure with $LiAlH_4$ formed the protected form of a-methyl amino acid. In the last step, carboxylic acid equivalent furan ring was converted to the carboxylic acid with ozonolysis reaction. Target compound was synthesized with very short synthetic route and with high chemical yield. Another important point of this project is the applicability of this synthetic route to the synthesis of other $alpha$ -methyl amino acids. During the course of the work, identification of the structures was done by IR and NMR techniques. Common structures were compared with the literature data.