Pharmaceutical Synthesis: It serves as an intermediate for manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
Research Reagent: It is used in life science and drug discovery research to synthesize various compounds.
Synthesis of Specific Drugs: It is used in the synthesis of:
Antihistamines
Anticancer agents
Muscle relaxants and antispasmodics
Metabolite and Impurity: It is an inactive metabolite of meclizine and chlorcyclizine and can be found as an impurity in commercial preparations of hydroxyzine and cetirizine.