• Reactant for enantioselective synthesis of indoles via palladium-catalyzed kinetic asymmetrical alkylation1 • Reactant for preparation of N-pyridinyl indolecarboxamides via amidation of aminopyridine derivatives. with indolecarboxylic acid2 • Reactant for preparation of mast cell tryptase inhibitors, starting from indoles; using amidation as the key step3 • Reactant for formation of Michael adducts via Baylis-Hillman reaction4 • Reactant for preparation of indolecarboxamides via haloform cleavage of (trifluoroacetyl)indole with lithium dialkylamides5