Used as a key intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, particularly in the production of certain antitumor and antiviral agents. It serves as a building block in the development of kinase inhibitors and other bioactive molecules due to the presence of reactive amino and ketone functional groups. Its methoxy and amino substituents allow for further chemical modifications, making it valuable in medicinal chemistry for structure-activity relationship studies. Also employed in the preparation of dyes and functional materials where aromatic amine derivatives are required.