Applications

• Reactant in preparation of curcumin derivatives as anti-proliferative & anti-inflammatory agents¹
• Reactant in preparation of analogs of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A protease inhibitors²
• Reactant in stereoselective synthesis of dibenzylideneacetone derivatives as β-amyloid imaging probes³
• Reactant in synthesis of para-para stilbenophanes by McMurry coupling⁴
• Reactant in stereoselective synthesis of heteroaromatic (E)-α,β-unsaturated ketones from aldehydes⁵
• Reactant in structure-based drug design of aurora kinase A inhibitors⁶