Uses
Monobenzyl Malonate is a useful synthetic intermediate. It was used to synthesize constrained cyclic agonists of the cholecystokinin CCK-B receptor. It was also used to prepare aspartate transcarbamoylase inhibitors.
Definition
ChEBI: A dicarboxylic acid monoester obtained by the formal condensation of one of the carboxy groups of malonic acid with benzyl alcohol.
General Description
mono-Benzyl malonate can be synthesized by the reaction of Meldrum′s acid (2,2-dimethyl- 1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione) with benzyl alcohol.
