diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/text_splitter.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/text_splitter.py
index bd0c560411..638f0c830d 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/text_splitter.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/text_splitter.py
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
                 # Split along section titles
                 "\n=+\n",
                 "\n-+\n",
-                "\n\*+\n",
+                "\n\\*+\n",
                 # Split along directive markers
                 "\n\n.. *\n\n",
                 # Split by the normal type of lines
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
                 # End of code block
                 "```\n",
                 # Horizontal lines
-                "\n\*\*\*+\n",
+                "\n\\*\\*\\*+\n",
                 "\n---+\n",
                 "\n___+\n",
                 # Note that this splitter doesn't handle horizontal lines defined
@@ -944,19 +944,19 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         elif language == Language.LATEX:
             return [
                 # First, try to split along Latex sections
-                "\n\\\chapter{",
-                "\n\\\section{",
-                "\n\\\subsection{",
-                "\n\\\subsubsection{",
+                "\n\\\\chapter{",
+                "\n\\\\section{",
+                "\n\\\\subsection{",
+                "\n\\\\subsubsection{",
                 # Now split by environments
-                "\n\\\begin{enumerate}",
-                "\n\\\begin{itemize}",
-                "\n\\\begin{description}",
-                "\n\\\begin{list}",
-                "\n\\\begin{quote}",
-                "\n\\\begin{quotation}",
-                "\n\\\begin{verse}",
-                "\n\\\begin{verbatim}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{enumerate}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{itemize}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{description}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{list}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{quote}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{quotation}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{verse}",
+                "\n\\\\begin{verbatim}",
                 # Now split by math environments
                 "\n\\\begin{align}",
                 "$$",
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
index 59a34d63c7..39d07b0152 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ Not a comment
         ".. This is a",
         "comment",
     ]
+    # Special test for special characters
+    code = "harry\n***\nbabylon is"
+    chunks = splitter.split_text(code)
+    assert chunks == ["harry", "***\nbabylon is"]
 
 
 def test_proto_file_splitter() -> None:
@@ -680,6 +684,22 @@ This is a code block
         "block",
         "```",
     ]
+    # Special test for special characters
+    code = "harry\n***\nbabylon is"
+    chunks = splitter.split_text(code)
+    assert chunks == ["harry", "***\nbabylon is"]
+
+
+def test_latex_code_splitter() -> None:
+    splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter.from_language(
+        Language.LATEX, chunk_size=CHUNK_SIZE, chunk_overlap=0
+    )
+    code = """
+Hi Harrison!
+\\chapter{1}
+"""
+    chunks = splitter.split_text(code)
+    assert chunks == ["Hi Harrison!", "\\chapter{1}"]
 
 
 def test_html_code_splitter() -> None: