Chemical Properties
Yellow liquid
Uses
Ethyl hydrogen malonate is used as a reactant for the preparation of tetramic acids through Dieckmann ring closure and organocatalytic decarboxylative Doebner-Knoevenagel reactions. It is involved in the acylation reactions and Knoevenagel condensation with aldehydes. It is also used in the preparation of gamma-lactones from olefins by intermolecular carbolactonization in presence of Mn(III) acetate as a catalyst.
Uses
Ethyl Hydrogen Malonate has been shown to impair brain mitochondrial succinate and malate transport. It is also found in the extract of Hericum erinaceus mushroom which shows antitumor effects in tumo
r-bearing mice.
Definition
ChEBI: Monoethyl malonic acid is a dicarboxylic acid.
