Used in organic synthesis as a building block for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, particularly in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions to form carbon-carbon bonds. The aldehyde and boronic acid functional groups allow for sequential transformations, enabling the construction of complex aromatic structures. Commonly employed in the development of kinase inhibitors and other bioactive molecules due to its ability to introduce fluorinated, methylated phenyl motifs with high regioselectivity. Also utilized in medicinal chemistry for fragment-based drug design and in the synthesis of fluorescent probes owing to its reactivity and structural features.