Ethyl 2-bromobutyrate is used in synthetic chemistry as a polymerization initiator. Ethyl 2-bromobutyrate is also used as a reagent to synthesize Efaroxan, an imidazoline a 2-antagonist that stimulated insulin secretion in rat pancreatic cells.
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