Citraconic anhydride

Citraconic anhydride can be used:

• As an electrolyte additive for high-temperature pouch lithium-ion batteries. Citraconic anhydride reduces the interfacial impedance of pouch cells during high-temperature storage and enhances their stability.
• As a pH-sensitive linker to surface functionalization of biomolecules used in drug delivery systems. The high pH sensitivity of citraconic anhydride conjugates is attributed to the presence of a double bond that restricts the separation between the amide and carboxylic acid groups.
• As a reagent to synthesize new thiopyrano[2,3-d][1,3]thiazole derivatives via hetero-Diels–Alder reactions. These thiopyrano derivatives exhibit diverse biological activities such as anticancer, antiviral, and antitrypanosomal.
• As a co-monomer in the ring-opening polymerization with d-xylose 3,5-anhydrosugar derivative to form novel sugar-derived polyesters, with up to 100% renewable content. This can serve as a sustainable feedstock for polymer synthesis.

Citraconic anhydride is a derivative of maleic anhydride and is also known as 2-methylmaleic anhydride. It is highly reactive due to the presence of anhydride groups and can undergo hydrolysis, esterification, amidation, and addition reactions. It can be used as a crosslinking agent to create covalent bonds between polymer chains, enhancing the mechanical strength and thermal stability of the polymer network. They arepotential tools for bioconjugation and immobilization of bioactive molecules.