Used primarily as a building block in organic synthesis, especially in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. It serves as a source of difluorocarbene intermediates under thermal or photochemical conditions, enabling the formation of fluorinated heterocycles and cyclic compounds. Its reactivity allows incorporation of the bromodifluoromethyl group into more complex molecules, enhancing lipophilicity and metabolic stability in drug design. Also employed in the development of novel fluorinated materials and functionalized aromatic compounds for advanced applications in medicinal chemistry.