L-Homoserine lactone is a synthetic intermediate.1,2 It has been used in the synthesis of organoselenium chemistry intermediates and analogs of bacterial quorum-sensing signaling molecules.
1.Koch, T., and Buchardt, O.Synthesis of L-(+)-selenomethionineSynthesis1065-1067(1993) 2.Chhabra, S.R., Harty, C., Hooi, D.S.W., et al.Synthetic analogues of the bacterial signal (quorum seensing) molecule N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone as immune modulatorsJ. Med. Chem.46(1)97-104(2003)