• ;Reactant for preparation of dual IGF-1R/SRC inhibitors1• ;Reactant for preparation of indolylglyoxylamides as a new class of antileishmanial agents2• ;Reactant for preparation of glyoxyl analogs of indole phytoalexins as anticancer agents3• ;Reactant for diastereoselective synthesis of heptacyclic core of dragmacidin E4• ;Reactant for preparation of benzoylmethylpyrrolopyridinylethanedione as HIV-1 inhibitor5• ;Reactant for preparation of fascaplysin-inspired diindolyls as selective inhibitors of CDK4/cyclin D16