Methyl glycolate can be widely used in many fields such as the chemical industry, medicine, pesticides, feed, spices, and dyes.
As a chemical intermediate, methyl glycolate has the following uses: hydrogenation reduction to make ethylene glycol, hydrolysis to make glycolic acid, which can be used Used in the production of polyester fiber and as a cleaning agent.
Carbonylation to make malonate; aminolysis to make glycine; oxidative dehydrogenation to make glyoxylate, and then to produce glyoxylic acid, which can be used to produce vanillin.
