Used primarily as a specialty intermediate in organic synthesis, particularly in the development of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Its fluorinated aromatic structure enhances metabolic stability and lipophilicity in bioactive molecules, making it valuable in medicinal chemistry for designing drugs with improved pharmacokinetic profiles. It also serves as a building block in the preparation of advanced materials and liquid crystals, where the trifluoromethyl groups contribute to thermal stability and electronic properties. Additionally, it finds use in the synthesis of ligands for catalysis, especially in transition metal-catalyzed reactions, due to the electron-withdrawing nature of the trifluoromethyl substituents that can modulate ligand performance.