Process for the preparation of a creatine or creatine monohydrate
AssigneeSKW Trostberg Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan Weiss, Helmut Krommer
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of creatine or creatine monohydrate, wherein cyanamide is reacted with sodium or potassium sarcosinate in water or in a mixture of water and en organic solvent at a temperature of from 20 to 150.degree. C. and a pH value of from 7.0 to 14.0. By means of the process according to the present invention, creatine or creatine monohydrate can be prepared in good yields of from 60 to 90% by weight and with very high purity.
Claims20
A process for the preparation of creatine or creatine monohydrate, comprising:
- reacting cyanamide with sodium or potassium sarcosinate in water, or in a mixture of water and an organic solvent, at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 150.degree. C. and a pH value of from 7.0 to 14.0.
A process for the preparation of creatine or creatine monohydrate, comprising adding cyanamide to a solution of at least one of sodium sarcosinate or potassium sarcosinate in water or a mixture of water and an organic solvent and reacting the cyanamide with the sodium or potassium sarcosinate at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 150.degree. C. and a pH value of from 7.0 to 14.0.
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