3-Hydroxypropionic acid is expensive and market demand is limited

3-hydroxypropionic acid (abbreviated as 3-hp) is an achiral organic acid with three carbon atoms. the acid dissociation constant (pka) is 4.5. it is liquid, viscous, and colorless. odorless, soluble in water, ethanol and ether. 3-hydroxypropionic acid is an isomer of lactic acid (2-hydroxypropionic acid). due to the different positions of the hydroxyl groups, its chemical…