Used as an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, particularly in the development of dihydropyrimidone-based compounds which exhibit biological activities such as antihypertensive, antiviral, and calcium channel modulation. It serves as a building block in medicinal chemistry for constructing heterocyclic scaffolds that are key in drug discovery. Also applied in the preparation of derivatives for screening in antimicrobial and anticancer research due to its structural similarity to known bioactive molecules.