2,6-Dimethylphenyl isocyanate has been used in the preparation of derivatized β-cyclodextrins, used as chiral stationary phase in normal-phase liquid chromatography, tris( 2,6-dimethylphenylimido)methylrhenium (VII), 1-(2-isopropylphenyl)-3-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)urea.