This compound is mainly applied as a chiral piperidine synthon in the synthesis of alkaloids bioactive molecules and other pharmaceutical intermediates.

The purpose of using this compound is to help chemists build complex enantioselective molecules for medicinal chemistry and advanced organic synthesis research.

(-)-2-Cyano-6-phenyloxazolopiperidine is a chiral oxazolopiperidine compound with the molecular formula C14H16N2O commonly used as an intermediate in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry.