Malonic acid was ID’d in a Biofuels Digest article as a chemical where “bio-based resources and biotechnology are inherently advantaged over petroleum,” due to the ability to produce this highly oxidized chemical at high yields from sugar.
Michele Rubino, “Displacing petroleum and fossil fuels with sustainable bio-based feedstock: time to get smarter.” Biofuels Digest (October 4, 2015)