• Useful solvent for polymers and in synthesis.
• Protected form of formaldehyde. For use in the Mannich reaction, see: Chem. Pharm. Bull., 42, 1676 (1994).
• In the presence of FeSO4, effects homolytic alkylation of pyridine to give predominantly 2-(4-pyridyl)-1,3-dioxolane: Zh. Org. Khim., 21, 193 (1985).