Reactant for:• ;Synthesis of 8-alkenylborondipyrromethene dyes via Liebeskind-Srogl cross-coupling starting from 8-thiomethyl-substituted BODIPY1• ;Rhodium and palladium catalyzed substitution reactions with enyne acetates and carbonates2• ;Halogenation and protodeauration reactions of organogold phosphine complexes3• ;Lewis acid catalyzed Nazarov reaction4• ;Palladium-catalyzed tandem intramolecular C-N and intermolecular Suzuki coupling process5,6