N-Methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine Metformin is an impurity of Metformin (M258858), which is a useful research chemical. This impurity can be used to prepare pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-ones as methionine adenosyltransferase 2A inhibitors to treat cancer. It can also be used to prepare pyrazolopyrimidinones as inhibitors of cellular metabolic processes.