• Can be oxidized to benzil using iodine-DMSO: Synthesis, 131 (1991).
• For an example of use as a Diels-Alder dienophile, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 5, 604 (1973).
• For transfer of methylene groups from dimsyl sodium, giving 2,3-diphenylbutadiene, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 531 (1988).