Creatinine

CAS: 60-27-5

Ref. TR-C781500

Product Information

• Name: Creatinine
• Synonyms: 4H-Imidazol-4-one, 2-amino-1,5-dihydro-1-methyl-, Creatinine (8CI), 1-Methylglycocyamidine, 1-Methylhydantoin-2-imide, 2-Amino-1-methyl-1,5-dihydroimidazol-4-one, 2-Amino-1-methylimidazolin-4-one, NSC 13123, TEGO Cosmo C 250
• Brand: TRC

Description

Stability Light Sensitive
Applications Creatinine is the end product of creatine catabolism. Creatinine is a normal constituent of urine. Also found together with creatine in muscle tissues and blood. Creatinine is found in all soils and in grain seeds and other vegetable matter as well as in certain fish and in crab meat extract.
References Folin, et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 17, 463 (1914);

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 113.118
• Formula: C₄H₇N₃O
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C4H7N3O/c1-7-2-3(8)6-4(7)5/h2H2,1H3,(H2,5,6,8)
• InChI key: InChIKey=DDRJAANPRJIHGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: CN1CC(=O)NC1=N