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HRID 1589105Generated: November 4, 2026

Formaldehyde → Sarcosine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantGlycineHCID 750—
ProductSarcosineHCID 1088—
ProductHCID 12048201HCID 12048201—

Reaction Steps

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.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04568432
Source datasetuspto-grants-1986_02
ORD IDord-0993cd9e2aa141618c15807509dde566
Source noteuspto-grants-1986_02