Reacts with ɑ-diketones in aqueous buffer to give bicyclic diketones (Weiss-Cook condensation): Tetrahedron Lett., 4885 (1968); Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 50 (1990).
See also: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 1425 (1997). Use of cyclic ɑ-diketones leads to propellanes: Can. J. Chem., 189 (1978).
The Na salt (NaH/THF) reacts with alkynals: J. Org. Chem., 62, 5688 (1997), or ynones: Synth. Commun., 28, 1525 (1998).