rmaceutical/Chemical: - Useful precursor of isopropylidene unit by Wittig reaction with aldehydes. - It is also used in tandem cyclopropanation and Wittig olefination in a synthesis of chrysanthemic acid. - Also employed in Wittig and cyclopropanation reactions. - It is used as a reactant for total synthesis of heliananes, in the preparation of highly substituted benzene derivatives, - 4-substituted methoxylbenzoyl-aryl-thiazoles analogues as potent and orally bioavailable anticancer agents. Biocide: - synthesis of curcunol and elvirol analogs via a retro-aldol reaction as fungicidal agents,