File:Metformin synthesis.svg

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English: Chemical synthesis of metformin, as reported by Seymour L. Shapiro et al. in 1959.
Dimethylamine (1) and 2-cyanoguanidine (2) react at 120–140°C to form metformin (3).
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Source Own work, after Bretnall, Alison E.; Graham S. Clarke (1998) Brittain, Harry G. , ed. Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances & Excipients (Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients, and Related Methodology), Boston: Academic Press, pp. 250 ISBN 0-12-260825-9
Author Fvasconcellos
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Public domain This image of a simple structural formula is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

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