Diphenylacetonitrile can be used to synthesize methadone, an opioid used for opioid maintenance therapy and for pain relief. It is used to control seedling grasses in turf. It undergoes anhydrous condensation with ethyl-4-bromo-butyrate and the hydrolysis product in alkaline medium of this condensation reaction is used in the quantitative determination of 3-cyano-3,3-diphenylpropionic acid.
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