Description General description Ethyl benzoylacetate is an ester. It undergoes microbial reduction by bakers′ yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Beauveria sulfurescens or Geotrichum candidum to afford ethyl (S)-3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionate. It undergoes Claisen condensation reaction with malononitrile to afford 2-cyano-5-phenyl-3,5-dioxopentanonitrile which on cyclization followed by coupling with diazonium salts yields azo derivatives. Application Ethyl benzoylacetate was sed in the preparation of: • triazipinones • ethyl 2-fluoro-2-benzolyacetate • 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine antibiotic essramycin • benzo[c]furan-4,7-diones • iodonium ylides Packaging 5, 100, 500 mL in glass bottle Packaged in glass bottles