Skip to content
  • industrial

Cyanoguanidine

CAS 461-58-5

Also registered as 15 other CAS numbers

26591-10-6 · 125148-58-5 · 139351-77-2 · 139351-78-3 · 157480-33-6 · 166432-96-8 · 187414-06-8 · 200818-58-2 · 205265-14-1 · 313058-80-9 · 1437797-89-1 · 1446334-90-2 · 1610803-20-7 · 2377513-28-3 · 2947446-61-7

Cyanoguanidine chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cyanoguanidine in plain language

What it is

Also known as Dicyanodiamide · Metformin related compound a · Dicyandiamide · 2-cyanoguanidine · Dcd · N-Cyanoguanidine

Show all 27 names

1-CYANOGUANDINE · 1-Cyanoguanidine · Acr-h 3636 · Acr-h 3636AS · Adeka EH 3636 · Adeka EH 3636AS · Araldite HT 986 · Araldite XB 2879B · Araldite XB 2979B · Bakelite VE 2560 · Dicyandiamido · Dicyandiamin · Epicure DICY 15 · Epicure DICY 7 · Guanidine, cyano- · J3.635H · Pyroset DO · Xb 2879B · cyano guanidine · cyanoguanadine · cyanoguanidine.

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Cyanoguanidine yet.

Recorded functional uses: Chemical reaction regulator · Crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amides · Hardener

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Cyanoguanidine appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 89 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chemical reaction regulator, Hardener, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amides.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 89 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Home maintenance, Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Chemical reaction regulator, Hardener, crosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amides.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Cyanoguanidine yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →
Reference links (3)
Openfda substance

nikkajiweb.jst.go.jp

Openfda substance

bcpcpesticidecompendium.org

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Cyanoguanidine in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

89

Named organisations

6

Raw materialsHome maintenanceLaboratory suppliesBatteriesConstructionVehicle

Typical roles

Chemical reaction regulatorCrosslinking / coupling / curing agents > amidesHardener
See products using Cyanoguanidine →