· Reactant for preparation of tryptophan dioxygenase inhibitors pyridyl-ethenyl-indoles as potential anticancer immunomodulators · Reactant for asymmetrical synthesis of notoamide J as a potential biosynthetic precursor of prenylated indole alkaloids · Reactant for preparation of (quinolinyloxymethyl)isoxazolecarboxylate esters antituberculosis agents · Reactant for preparation of indolyl(propanolamine) derivatives as HIV inhibitors · Reactant for preparation of indoleoxyacetic acid derivatives as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists · Reactant for preparation of 1-aroylindole 3-aroylindoles combretastatin A-4 analogs as antitumor agents and tubulin polymerization inhibitors