Used primarily as a key intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. Its structure allows for selective functionalization in heterocyclic compound formation, particularly in the development of fluorinated bioactive molecules. The presence of both bromine and trifluoromethyl groups enables cross-coupling reactions and nucleophilic substitutions, making it valuable in medicinal chemistry for building complex molecules with enhanced metabolic stability and binding affinity. It is also employed in the preparation of fluorinated analogs of natural products for structure-activity relationship studies.