Chemical Properties
clear colorless to greenish liquid
Uses
Ethyl Benzoylformate is a general chemical reagent used in the preparation of diaminoethanediyl bismethylpyridinium salts for designing recyclable organocatalysts.
Application
Ethyl benzoylformate has been used in preparation of 1,5-dihydro-5-deazaflavin derivatives possessing a chiral substituent at N(3) position.
Definition
ChEBI: Ethyl benzoylformate is the ethyl ester of phenylglyoxylic acid. Metabolite observed in cancer metabolism. It has a role as a human metabolite. It derives from a phenylglyoxylic acid.
General Description
Enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl benzoylformate on Pt/Al
2O
3 modified with dihydrocinchonidine has been studied.