General description
Maleic acid is a dicarboxylic acid. It can be synthesized from crotonaldehyde.
Application
Maleic acid may be used in the synthesis of (R,S)-malic acid[1] and fumaric acid.[2] It may be employed as an anionic monomer in the preparation of superswelling acrylamide (AAm)/maleic acid (MA) hydrogels.†