• 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