4-Formylbenzeneboronic acid acts as a reagent used for Palladium-catalyzed arylation Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling in water, copper-mediated ligandless aerobic fluoroalkylation of arylboronic acids with fluoroalkyl iodides, ligand-free copper-catalyzed coupling of nitro arenes with arylboronic acids, triethylamine-catalyzed three-component Hantzsch condensations, copper-catalyzed nitrations, oxidative mono-cleavage of dialkenes catalyzed by Trametes hirsuta, palladacycle-catalyzed cross-coupling of arylboronic acids with carboxylic anhydrides or acyl chlorides, palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cross-coupling reactions. It acts as a reagent used in preparation of sensitizers with dithiafulvenyl unit as electron donor for high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells, a novel protein synthesis inhibitor active against Gram-positive bacteria.
