Description: 3-Oxopentanedioic acid (1,3-Acetonedicarboxylic acid) is a simple carboxylic acid, which may be used as a building block in organic chemistry. It has been found to be a microbial metabolite. Target: Endogenous Metabolite. Smiles: C(C(CC(O)=O)=O)C(O)=O. References: Sevcík, Peter, Misicák D, Daniel....

Acetonedicarboxylic acid is primarily used as building blocks in organic chemistry, particularly in the synthesis of heterocyclic rings and in the Weiss-Cook reaction. References: (1) R. Robinson, J. Chem. Soc. Trans. 111, 762 (1917) , (2) R. Adams, et al., Org. Synth. 5, 5 (1925) , (3) B. Stanovnik & U. Groselj,...