Introduction 5-Bromo-2-methoxyphenyl ring-substituted ethyl phenylcyanoacrylate (PCA) is reported in Synthesis of thiazacridine derivatives as anticancer agents against breast and hematopoietic neoplastic cells , and in synthesis of a novel thiazolidinedione and evaluation of its modulatory effect on IFN-γ, IL-6, IL-17A, and IL-22 production in PBMCs from rheumatoid arthritis patients ; in synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of new arylidene-thiazolidine-2,4-diones as PPARγ ligands ; in synthesis and biological activity of novel acridinylidene and benzylidene thiazolidinediones ; in Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of new thiazolidine-2,4-diones, 4thioxothiazolidinones and 2-thioxoimidazolidinones ; in synthesis and schistosomicidal activity of new substituted thioxo-imidazolidine compounds , and in synthesis of methoxytolylsuccinic acids ; in studies of behavior of schistosoma mansoni adult worms maintained in vitro towards imidazolidinone derivatives . 2-Ethenyl-4-iodo-1-methoxybenzene is mentioned in syntheses and biological evaluation of paliurines E and F, ziziphines N and Q, abyssenine A, mucronine E, and their analogs , and in synthesis of of the cyclopeptide alkaloid Paliurine E. Insights into macrocyclization by ene-enamide RCM . 4-Iodo-1-methoxy-2-(2-propen-1yl)benzene reported in gold-catalyzed allylation of aryl boronic acids ; alumination of functionalized aromatics by using the frustrated Lewis pair Et3Al and TMPMgCl-LiCl ; in development of highly chemoselective bulky zincate complex, tBu4ZnLi2 ; and in synthesis of dihydrohonokiols and their analogs for pharmaceutical use reducing anxiety . 2-Ethenyl-4-fluoro-1-methoxybenzene is involved in syndiospecific polymerization of o-methoxystyrene and its silyloxy or fluorinesubstituted derivatives by HNC-ligated scandium catalystsleading to ultrahighmolecular-weight functionalized polymers ; in isospecific alternating copolymerization of unprotected polar styrenes and ethylene by the Cs symmetric scandium precursor via synergistic effects of two substituent groups ; in tuning the latent behavior of molybdenum imido alkylidene n-heterocyclic carbene complexes in dicyclopentadiene polymerization ; in design of fluorinated cyclopropane derivatives of 2-phenylcyclopropylmethylamine leading to identification of a selective serotonin 2C (5-HT2C) receptor agonist without 5-HT2B agonism .