Formaldehyde → Sarcosine

HRID 1589105Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1589105 reaction equation
[NH2:1][CH2:2][C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].[CH2:6]=O>>[CH3:6][NH:1][CH2:2][C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4].[CH2:6]=[N:1][CH2:2][C:3]([OH:5])=[O:4]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 712FormaldehydeHCID 750Glycine

Product 2

HCID 1088SarcosineHCID 12048201HCID 12048201, compound

Procedure

Ehrat, U.S. Pat. No. 4,237,065, describes a process in which glycine is condensed with formaldehyde in the presence of a tertiary base to produce N-methyl glycine or N-methylene glycine, and the latter is in turn reacted with phosphorous acid to produce glyphosate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0993cd9e2aa141618c15807509dde566
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1986_02
Patent number
US04568432

Reaction notes

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