2-Ethylhexanoic acid can be used:
- As a reactant in esterification [1], decarboxylative alkynylation [2], and preparation of alkyl coumarins via decarboxylative coupling reactions.[3]
- In the organocatalytic medium for the preparation of various 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones/thiones by Biginelli reaction.[4][5]