Reactant for: · Synthesis of [6.8]3cyclacene and polyunsaturated [23] and [24]metacyclophanes · Selective inclusion of equatorial isomers of cyclohexane-polyols in phosphonium salt hosts · Photoactive platinum(II) DNA intercalator synthesis · Preparation of (pheynlenedivinylene)bis[pyrrole] derivatives · The reaction with sodium hexamethyldisilazide to form acyclic, ring, and cage AS,C compounds · Synthesis of styryl substituted annelated furan derivatives Reactant for: · Synthesis of [6.8]3cyclacene and polyunsaturated [23] and [24]metacyclophanes · Selective inclusion of equatorial isomers of cyclohexane-polyols in phosphonium salt hosts · Photoactive platinum(II) DNA intercalator synthesis · Preparation of (pheynlenedivinylene)bis[pyrrole] derivatives · The reaction with sodium hexamethyldisilazide to form acyclic, ring, and cage AS,C compounds · Synthesis of styryl substituted annelated furan derivatives