Used in organic synthesis as a building block for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, enabling the formation of carbon-carbon bonds in pharmaceutical and agrochemical development. Its boronic acid group facilitates coupling with aryl halides, making it valuable for constructing biaryl compounds. The difluoromethoxy and methyl substituents enhance electronic and metabolic stability, which is advantageous in medicinal chemistry for designing drug candidates with improved bioavailability and resistance to degradation. Commonly applied in the synthesis of bioactive molecules and functional materials requiring specific electronic or steric properties.