1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-8-one is a biochemical reagent that can be used as a biological material or organic compound for life science related research.
1,4-Cyclohexanedione is used in the preparation of series of potent analgesic compounds. 1,4-Cyclohexanedione is also used as a building block in the synthesis of tritium labeled probes for the autoradiography study of the dopamine reuptake complex.