15537-72-1
Product Name:
1,1-DIMETHYLBIGUANIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
Formula:
C4H11N5
Synonyms:
Metformin
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CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Stability/Shelf Life | Stable under recommended storage conditions. /Metformin hydrochloride/ |
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Decomposition | Hazardous decomposition products formed under fire conditions - Carbon oxides, nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrogen chloride gas. /Metformin hydrochloride/ |
Dissociation Constants | pKa = 12.4 /Metformin hydrochloride/ |
Collision Cross Section | 123 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW, Method: calibrated with polyalanine and drug standards] |
Other Experimental Properties | MW: 165.63. Prisms from water, MP 232 °C; crystals from propanol, MP 218-220 °C. Freely soluble in water; slightly soluble in alcohol. Practically insoluble in ether, chloroform, acetone, methylene chloride. /Metformin hydrochloride/ |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 165.62 g/mol |
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Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 4 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 2 |
Exact Mass | 165.0781231 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 165.0781231 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 91.5 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 10 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 132 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 2 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Metformin hydrochloride is a hydrochloride resulting from the reaction of metformin with one molar equivalent of hydrogen chloride. It has a role as an environmental contaminant, a hypoglycemic agent and a xenobiotic. It contains a metformin(1+).