Used as a key intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds, particularly in the development of fluorinated bioactive molecules. Its structure supports the construction of chroman-based scaffolds found in certain cardiovascular and central nervous system agents. The presence of both bromo and fluoro substituents allows for selective functionalization via cross-coupling reactions, making it valuable in medicinal chemistry for structure-activity relationship studies. Also employed in the preparation of kinase inhibitors and anti-inflammatory agents during drug discovery processes.