2-Ethyl-2-methoxyhexyl Salicylate is made from 3-Heptanone which is versatile synthetic building block. It was used in the synthesis of semicarbazone and thiosemicarbazone derivatives with antimalarial activity. 3-Heptanone was also used as reactant in enantioselective organocatalytic reductive amination of aliphatic ketones with aromatic amines using benzothiazoline hydrogen donor.
