pivalic acid การใช้

• It is the amide of pivalic acid.
• It is usually formulated as the pivalic acid ester prodrug "'flumetasone pivalate " '.
• Prodrugs that release pivalic acid when broken down by the body  such as pivmecillinam, pivampicillin and cefditoren pivoxil  have long been known to deplete levels of carnitine.
• "' Pivalic acid "'is a carboxylic acid with a molecular formula of ( CH 3 ) 3 CCO 2 H . This colourless, odiferous organic compound is solid at room temperature.
• It also is generated by ketonization of pivalic acid and acetic acid or acetone over metal oxide catalysts . 3-Methylbutanal is a starting material for 2, 3-dimethyl-2-butene, which in turn is converted to pinacolone.