• For an example of use in synthesis of a diterpene, see: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2151 (1986), and of taxane intermediates: J. Org. Chem., 57, 3274 (1992).
• Key intermediate in enantioselective steroid syntheses; see, e.g.: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 10, 496 (1971); Chem. Ber., 106, 3636 (1973); J. Org. Chem., 45, 2204 (1980).