(
S)-(-)-2-Methylbutanol can be used as a reactant to prepare:
- Methylbutyl-2-(3-thienyl)acetate (MBTA) by esterification reaction with 3-thiophene acetic acid in the presence of an acid catalyst.
- (2S)-2-Methyl-1-butanesulfenyl chloride by reacting with thioacetic acid using Mitsunobu reaction conditions.
- (+)-Violapyrone C and (-)-myxalamide A.