This chemical is widely used as a chiral resolving agent in organic synthesis. It is particularly effective in the separation of enantiomers, which is crucial in the production of pharmaceuticals where the biological activity of a compound often depends on its chirality. The anthryl group in the compound enhances its ability to form diastereomeric complexes with other chiral molecules, facilitating their separation through methods like crystallization or chromatography. Additionally, it serves as a chiral shift reagent in NMR spectroscopy, helping to distinguish between enantiomers in a mixture by inducing different chemical shifts for each enantiomer. This property is valuable in the analysis and quality control of chiral drugs and other enantiomerically pure substances.