Sodium sarcosinate has a wide range of applications, but the production process needs to be improved.

Sodium sarcosinate, also known as sodium N-methylglycinate, is an amino acid surfactant with a colorless to light yellow liquid appearance. Sodium sarcosinate is extremely soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol. The aqueous solution is alkaline and easily decomposes when heated, partially decomposing into dimethylamine and carbon dioxide. Sodium sarcosinate is non-irritating, easily biodegradable, and sterilizing, and is widely used in daily chemicals, health products, dyes, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and other fields.

In the field of daily chemicals, sodium sarcosinate can be used as an active agent to make high-grade medicated soap, shampoo, toothpaste and other products; in the field of health care products, sodium sarcosinate can be used to prepare creatine, a nutritional preparation with It promotes cell growth and provides energy. In the field of dyes, sodium sarcosinate can be used as a dyeing auxiliary. In the field of chemical industry, sodium sarcosinate can be used to prepare creatine monohydrate, N-acyl sarcosine and sodium salts.

According to the “China Sarcosinate Sodium Industry Application Market Demand and Development Opportunities Research Report 2022-2026 released by the Industrial Research Center In the international market, the suppliers of sodium sarcosinate include BASF, Hamposyl, Medialan, etc.; in the domestic market, the suppliers of sodium sarcosinate include Zhonglan Chemical, Inner Mongolia Chengxin Yongan Chemical, Shandong Qilu Petrochemical, etc. There are many sodium sarcosinate suppliers in the world. my country is a major producer of sodium sarcosinate. Domestic companies occupy a certain share in the international market by virtue of their advantages in cost and raw materials.

According to different purity, sodium sarcosinate can be divided into 30% purity, 35% purity and 40% purity products. As a chemical raw material, sodium sarcosinate can derive a variety of compounds, such as N-acyl sarcosinate, N-lauroyl sarcosinate, etc., among which N-lauroyl sarcosinate is a common ingredient in cosmetics. one. In recent years, with the rise of the beauty economy, the market size of N-lauroyl sarcosinate sodium has continued to expand, and the global market size will reach 420 million yuan in 2021.

From the perspective of production technology, the production technology of sodium sarcosinate includes chloroacetic acid method, hydroxyacetonitrile method, methyl-ethanolamine method, etc. Currently, the production of sodium sarcosinate in my country is mainly based on the hydroxyacetonitrile method, which is the reaction of hydroxyacetonitrile and monomethylamine. Generate methylaminoacetonitrile, and then react methylaminoacetonitrile with alkali to generate sodium sarcosinate. However, the hydroxyacetonitrile method has problems such as low production efficiency, large equipment footprint, and difficult transportation. In the context of industrial transformation and upgrading, the sodium sarcosinate production process needs to be improved urgently. Environmental protection, continuity, and high efficiency will be important improvements. direction.

Industry analysts said that sodium sarcosinate is widely used in daily chemical products, health products, pharmaceuticals and other fields. With the rise of the economy and the upgrading of consumption, the market demand for sodium sarcosinate will increase, and the industry development prospects are good. my country is a major producer of sodium sarcosinate, but there are still problems with the domestic production process of sodium sarcosinate. Under the background of industrial structural transformation, the production process of sodium sarcosinate needs to be improved.