• Selectively monobrominates phenols and unprotected arylamines mainly at the para position: J. Chem. Soc. (C), 3652 (1971). For tabulated results for the p-bromination of arylamines, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 181 (1988).
• For selective monobromination of imidazoles and indoles, see: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2567 (1972).
• Versatile catalyst for acetalization and transacetalization of carbonyl compounds, preparation of acetonides from epoxides, and acylals from aldehydes: Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 75, 2195 (2002).
• Reacts selectively with the terminal double bonds of polyenes: Chem. Lett., 283 (1976); Tetrahedron Lett., 26, 343 (1985). In aqueous systems, the products are the bromohydrins or, in methanol, their methyl ethers: Synthesis, 605 (1978) and references therein.
• In combination with PPh3, can be used to convert alcohols and THP ethers to bromides with inversion of configuration: Tetrahedron Lett., 38, 1955 (1997). Silyl ethers also behave similarly: Tetrahedron Lett., 38, 7223 (1997).
• ɑ?-Unsaturated methyl ketones are brominated selectively at the methyl group: Tetrahedron, 29, 1625 (1973).