Market demand continues to release, and the 2-methylimidazole industry has broad development space

2-Methylimidazole is a chemical substance that appears as white to off-white crystalline powder. It is hygroscopic, soluble in water, alcohol, acetone, DMF, etc., and insoluble in benzene. 2-Methylimidazole is toxic, irritating and corrosive to skin and mucous membranes. In 2017, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer listed 2-methylimidazole on the list of Class 2B carcinogens.

2-Methylimidazole can be divided into pharmaceutical grade 2-methylimidazole and industrial grade 2-methylimidazole. Among them, pharmaceutical grade 2-methylimidazole is mainly used to produce drugs such as metronidazole, dimethazole, and dimethonidazole. Intermediate, industrial grade 2-methylimidazole can be used as a curing catalyst, curing agent, etc., and is used in epoxy resin bonding, coating, pouring, encapsulation, impregnation and other processes. Medicine is the main application scenario of 2-methylimidazole. As my country’s medical level improves and the scale of the pharmaceutical market expands, the demand for 2-methylimidazole will be further released.

2-Methylimidazole is a kind of fine chemical. my country is a major producer of chemical products. There are many 2-methylimidazole manufacturers, including Shanghai Haoden Materials Co., Ltd., Ruike Chemical Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Kmic Biotech. Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu KangLejia Materials Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Zhenri Chemical Co., Ltd., Hunan Yunbang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., etc. In the international market, 2-methylimidazole suppliers include Germany’s BASF, Merck Chemical, etc. Compared with international companies, my country’s 2-methylimidazole production companies are generally smaller in scale and have lower production technology levels. In the future, domestic companies will improve Larger space.

According to the “2022-2026 China 2-methylimidazole Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center 》 shows that from the perspective of enterprise distribution, my country’s 2-methylimidazole enterprises are mainly distributed in Central China, East China, North China and other regions. In terms of provinces and cities, there are more 2-methylimidazole enterprises in Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Henan and other regions. . With technological advancement, the quality of my country’s 2-methylimidazole products has greatly improved, and the purity of some companies’ products has reached more than 99%.

The preparation process of 2-methylimidazole mainly includes the glyoxal method, the ethylenediamine method, etc. The ethylenediamine method is made by using ethylenediamine as raw material, cyclizing it with acetonitrile in the presence of sulfur and then dehydrogenating it; The aldehyde method uses glyoxal as raw material and reacts with acetaldehyde, ammonia, etc. at a specific temperature to synthesize 2-methylimidazole. Overall, the glyoxal method is superior to the ethylenediamine method in terms of economy, technology, and environmental protection.

Industry analysts said that 2-methylimidazole is widely used in medicine, chemical industry and other fields. my country is the largest producer of 2-methylimidazole. It is a big country, but due to the different scales of domestic enterprises, the quality of domestic 2-methylimidazole products is uneven. In recent years, due to technological progress and demand upgrading, the performance of 2-methylimidazole products has been greatly improved, and the industry has been upgraded towards high purity and high precision.