Personal care
Levulinic acid and its derivatives, like sodium levulinate, are used in organic and natural cosmetic compositions for perfuming, skin conditioning and pH-regulating purposes. They give inherent fresh odor, prevent wrinkles and stabilize formulations and emulsions.
Levulinate ketals can be used as formulation aids dissolving a wide range of actives, thus expanding the range of actives and increasing actives concentration; incorporating water into anhydrous systems, thus enabling high water loading for moisturizing formulations; expanding solubility of ethanol, while retaining clarity; and last, but not least, by complimenting to natural formulations to reduce greasiness, while offering a dry, silky after-feel.
个人护理： 乙酰丙酸及其衍生物，如乙酰丙酸钠，用于有机和天然化妆品组合物中，用于加香、皮肤调理和 pH 调节目的。它们具有固有的清新气味、防止皱纹并稳定配方和乳液。
乙酰丙缩酮可用作溶解多种活性物质的配方助剂，从而扩大活性物质的范围并提高活性物质的浓度；将水加入无水体系，从而使保湿配方具有高水负荷；扩大乙醇的溶解度，同时保持透明度；最后但同样重要的是，通过补充天然配方来减少油腻感，同时提供干爽、丝滑的用后感。
Flavors and fragrances
In fragrances, levulinic acid has a creamy whiskey-like odour; in flavors, it is used in compositions to create caramel, butterscotch and maple flavors. In food applications, levulinic acid is used for multiple functions, for instance as pH regulator for formulation. The derivative levulinate ester is also a flavoring agent.
Levulinate ketals and esters solubilize fragrance ingredients and solids, compatibilize fragrances with soy waxes, reduce VOC content in fragrance solutions and act as phthalate-free fragrance fixatives.
香精香料： 在香水中，乙酰丙酸具有类似奶油威士忌的气味；在口味方面，它被用于组合物中以创造焦糖、奶油糖果和枫糖口味。在食品应用中，乙酰丙酸具有多种功能，例如作为配方的 pH 调节剂。衍生物乙酰丙酸酯也是一种调味剂。
乙酰丙酸酯缩酮和酯可溶解香料成分和固体，使香料与大豆蜡相容，降低香料溶液中的 VOC 含量，并用作不含邻苯二甲酸盐的香料固定剂。
Resins and coatings
Levulinic acid can be used for example in waterborne coatings to facitlitate the crosslinking process.
A derivative of levulinic acid, DPA can be used as a potential partial replacement for bisphenol A (BPA) in epoxy resins, by adding functionality such us improved cross-linking, covalently bonded plasticizers and so on.
树脂和涂料：乙酰丙酸可用于例如水性涂料中以促进交联过程。
作为乙酰丙酸的衍生物，DPA 可用作环氧树脂中双酚 A (BPA) 的潜在部分替代品，通过添加诸如改进交联、共价键合增塑剂等功能。
Pharmaceuticals
Levulinic acid is used in anti-inflammatory medication (e.g. indomethacin), anti-allergy agents, mineral supplements (e.g. calcium levulinate) and transdermal patches.
药品： 乙酰丙酸用于抗炎药（如消炎痛）、抗过敏药、矿物质补充剂（如乙酰丙酸钙）和透皮贴剂。
Solvents
Levulinic acid esters and ketals, gammavalerolactone and MeTHF are derivatives of levulinic acid that are suitable solvents for a number of applications.
Ketals and ester levulinates are used in industries like metal cleaning, remanufacturing, industrial plants cleaning and Industrial & Institutional, levulinate ketals deliver excellent degreasing/stain removal, remove polymers (baked on epoxy, elastomers, etc.), are stable in concentrate formulations without clouding, while having a safe toxicology profile for workers, enabling reduced post waste treatment.
GVL has value advantages over traditional solvents because of its higher solvating power and lower vapor pressure.
MeTHF is appealing for applications in syntheses involving organometallics, organocatalysis, and bio-transformations or for processing lignocellulosic materials. It’s low miscibility with water, make of MeTHF an excellent solvent for extraction processes.
溶剂： 乙酰丙酸酯和缩酮、γ-戊内酯和甲基四氢呋喃是乙酰丙酸的衍生物，是适用于多种应用的溶剂。
缩酮和乙酰丙酸酯用于金属清洁、再制造、工业厂房清洁以及工业和机构等行业，乙酰丙酸酯缩酮提供出色的脱脂/去污、去除聚合物（在环氧树脂、弹性体等上烘烤），在浓缩配方中稳定，无需混浊，同时为工人提供安全的毒理学资料，从而减少废物后处理。
GVL 具有比传统溶剂更高的溶解能力和更低的蒸气压的价值优势。
MeTHF 在涉及有机金属、有机催化和生物转化的合成或加工木质纤维素材料中的应用具有吸引力。它与水的混溶性低，使 MeTHF 成为萃取过程中的极佳溶剂。
Polymers and plasticizers
Levulinic acid-derived ketal plasticizers can replace major phthalate-based plasticizers which account for the majority of the world’s plasticizer market. Demand is increasing for renewable, phthalate-free plasticizers as sustainability is driving manufacturers to consider alternatives to incumbent plasticizers, especially for biobased polymers and applications for children’s toys, as well as for products in contact with humans.
聚合物和增塑剂： 乙酰丙酸衍生的缩酮增塑剂可以替代占世界增塑剂市场大部分的主要邻苯二甲酸酯类增塑剂。对可再生、不含邻苯二甲酸盐的增塑剂的需求正在增加，因为可持续性正在促使制造商考虑现有增塑剂的替代品，特别是生物基聚合物和儿童玩具应用，以及与人类接触的产品。
Agro-chemicals
Delta-amino levulinic acid (DALA) is a naturally-occurring chemical with a large variety of functions. It is used as a herbicide on lawns and certain grain crops. DALA is a suitable replacement for traditional herbicides and pesticides.
Moreover, our levulinic acid based solvents can be used as adjuvants to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides such as herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other agents that control or eliminate unwanted pests. These products are easy to pour and spray, have low odor, are compatible with HDPE and their use does not require special equipment or procedures.
农药： δ-氨基乙酰丙酸 (DALA) 是一种天然存在的化学物质，具有多种功能。它被用作草坪和某些谷物作物的除草剂。DALA 是传统除草剂和杀虫剂的合适替代品。
此外，我们的乙酰丙酸基溶剂可用作助剂，以提高除草剂、杀虫剂、杀菌剂等杀虫剂的效力，以及其他可控制或消除害虫的药剂。这些产品易于倾倒和喷涂，气味低，与 HDPE 相容，使用它们不需要特殊设备或程序。