• ;Reactant for total synthesis of (±)-dibromophakellin and analogs1• ;Reactant for synthesis of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid (±)-trachelanthamidine2• ;Reactant for stereoselective preparation of renieramycin G analogs3• ;Reactant for preparation of spirooxoindolepyrrolidines via reduction of indole-2-carboxylic acid followed by oxidation, condensation, reduction, amidation and Kharasch radical cyclization4• ;Reactant for Pd-catalyzed cyclization5• ;Reactant for preparation of N,N′-(pentane)diylbis[indolecarboxamide] and N,N′-[phenylenebis(