white to light beige crystalline powder
Diglycolic acid was used in the preparation of needle-like aragonite particles from calcium nitrate aqueous solutions.
ChEBI: Diglycolic acid is a dicarboxylic acid.
Diglycolic acid is a toxic metabolite of diethylene glycol (DEG) responsible for DEG-induced proximal tubular necrosis.
Diglycolic acid has antithrombogenic properties and induces vasodilation. It inhibits succinate dehydrogenase activity in human proximal tubule cells.
Moderately toxic by ingestion. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating vapors.
Crystallise diglycolic acid from water. [Beilstein 3 IV 577.]
