Metformin hydrochloride
CAS Registry Number®
1115-70-4
CAS Name
Metformin hydrochlorideMolecular Formula
C4H11N5.ClHCite this Page
Metformin hydrochloride. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=1115-70-4 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 1115-70-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
232 °CDensity (2)
1.347 g/cm³ (solid)
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) Al-Zoubi, Nizar; Powder Technology, (2017), 307, 163-174, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H11N5.ClH/c1-9(2)4(7)8-3(5)6;/h1-2H3,(H5,5,6,7,8);1H
InChIKey
InChIKey=OETHQSJEHLVLGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(NC(=N)N)(N(C)C)=N.Cl
Canonical SMILES
Cl.N=C(N)NC(=N)N(C)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Imidodicarbonimidic diamide, N,N-dimethyl-, hydrochloride (1:1)
- Biguanide, 1,1-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride
- Imidodicarbonimidic diamide, N,N-dimethyl-, monohydrochloride
- Biguanide, 1,1-dimethyl-, hydrochloride
- Metformin hydrochloride
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
15537-72-1, 56258-19-6, 144377-16-2