A maleic acid/anhydride derivative potentially useful as building blocks for the synthesis of a diverse range of structurally interesting, complex and bioactive molecules/polymers with tailored material characteristics.
A maleic acid derivative that has an inhibitory activity against metallo-b-lactamase. The use of the compound in combination with a b-lactam antibiotic enables to recover the anti-bacterial activity of the b-lactam antibiotic against a bacterium capable of producing metallo-b-lactamase.