Synonym: Malonic acid cyclic isopropylidene ester, Meldrum’s acid, cycl-Isopropylidene malonate
CAS Number: 2033-24-1
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C6H8O4
Molecular Weight: 144.13
Packaging: 10, 25, 100 g in glass bottle
Application:
Benzyl substituted Meldrum's acids, available via aldol condensation and reduction with triethylammonium formate,1 were used to form indanones upon hydrolysis, loss of CO2, and Friedel-Crafts cyclization with chlorosulfonic acid.2 Knoevenagel condensations between aldehydes and Meldrum's acid are accelerated in ionic liquids.3
Used in an efficient synthesis of isofraxidin.