• Reacts with allyl or isoprenyl tin derivatives in the presence of BF3 etherate to give ortho allyl-substituted quinones: Org. Synth. Coll., 9, 741 (1998). For a reaction scheme, see 2,3-Dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, B24777.
• Mild reoxidant in palladium-catalyzed reactions, to convert Pd(0) back to Pd(II); see e.g.: Org. Synth. Coll., 8, 137 (1993). For use in the Pd-catalyzed oxidative addition of amines to electron-deficient alkenes, to give enamines, see Palladium(II) chloride, 11034. For the cis-1,4-stereo- and regioselective chloroacetoxylation of 1,3-dienes by Pd(OAc)2 and LiCl, in the presence of benzoquinone, see Palladium(II) acetate, 10516.