4-Chloro-3-fluoro ring-substituted ethyl phenylcyanoacrylate (PCA) is reported in asymmetric synthesis of p-quinone diimide via organocatalyzed Michael addition of αcyanoacetates , and in preparation of cyclopenta pyrimidine derivatives as Akt protein kinase inhibitors . 5-Chloro-2-nitro ethyl PCA is mentioned in synthesis of 2aminoquinoline derivatives reduced by Zn/AcOH , and in synthesis of substituted quinoline-1-oxides and the complex compounds SnL2Cl2 (L = 2-aminoquinoline-1-oxides) with the aid of stannous chloride . 5-Iodo-2-methoxyphenyl isopropyl PCA was prepared and copolymerized with styrene . 2,4,6-Trimethylphenyl ethyl PCA is reported in analysis of the mass spectra of ethyl α-cyano-β-(2or 4-substituted phenyl)acrylates ; in catalyst study of the Knoevenagel condensation , and in synthesis and styrene copolymerization . (2E) 2-Methoxy-5-methylphenyl methyl PCA was involved in S,Oligand-promoted Pd-catalyzed C-H olefination of anisole derivatives ; in multibond forming tandem reactions of anilines via stable aryl diazonium salts leading to 3,4dihydroquinolin-2-ones , and rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to coumarins in asymmetric synthesis of (R)-tolterodine . (2E) 2,4,6trimethoxyphenyl ethyl is mentioned in ligand-accelerated non-directed C-H functionalization of arenes ; in heteroatom-guided, Palladium-catalyzed, site-selective C-H arylation of 4H-Chromenesleading to diastereoselective assembly of the core structure of Myristinin B through dual C-H functionalization ; synthesis and studies of catalytic activity of a gold(I) complex containing 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene monoxide ; in synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol)-supported iron(ii) porphyrin using a click reaction and its application for the catalytic olefination of aldehydes ; in Ruthenium-catalyzed synthesis of allylic alcohols using boronic acid as a hydroxide source ; and in synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol)-supported iron(II) porphyrin using a click reaction .