The molecule is a glycine derivative that is the diester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy groups of N-oxalylglycine with two molecules of methanol. It has a role as a neuroprotective agent and an EC 1.14.11.29 (hypoxia-inducible factor-proline dioxygenase) inhibitor. It is a glycine derivative, a methyl ester and a secondary carboxamide. It derives from a N-oxalylglycine.
methyl 2-[(2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)amino]-2-oxoacetate