A white solid, the compound finds a variety of applications ranging from polymers to materials.

Autoxidation by air in the presence of boric acid gives a mixture of cyclodecanol and the cyclododecanone.

[3] Paraffin wax can be converted into DDDA on a laboratory scale[4] with a special strain of Candida tropicalis yeast in a multi-step process.

[1] DDDA is used in antiseptics, top-grade coatings, painting materials, corrosion inhibitors, surfactants, and polymers.

DDDA ester with ethylene glycol is a synthetic musk of the macrocyclic lactones group commercially marketed as "Arova 16".