• Has been used as an ethanolamine equivalent, e.g. in reaction with succinic anhydride to give 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)succinimide: Tetrahedron, 44, 261 (1988). Also behaves as an aziridine equivalent as in the conversion of thiophenols or amines to their aminoethyl derivatives: J. Org. Chem., 57, 6257 (1992).