水中溶解度: 100 g/l (25°C),溶于乙醇和醚,（R）-（-）-扁桃酸，一种手性拆分剂， 也被用作合成药物（如青霉素和头孢菌素）的结构单元。通过腈水解酶，它可以从（合成）R，S）-甘露腈进行高产率和对映选择性的合成。 (R)-(-)-Mandelic acid, a chiral resolving agent, is also used as a building block to synthesize pharmaceutical drugs such as penicillin and cephalosporin. It can be synthesized from (R,S)-mandelonitrile with high yield and enantioselectivity using nitrilase enzyme. R-(-)-Mandelic Acid is a synthetic intermediate commonly used for pharmaceutical synthesis. ;(R)-(-)-Mandelic acid has been used in studies to assess its ability to undergo spontaneous oscillatory chiral conversion and spontaneous condensation to form polymandelic acid.