Used primarily as a reactive intermediate in organic synthesis, especially in the production of fluorinated compounds with enhanced stability and bioactivity. Its vinyl acetate functionality allows it to participate in polymerization reactions, making it useful in developing specialty fluoropolymers with unique thermal and chemical resistance properties. Commonly employed in agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries to introduce trifluoromethyl groups into larger molecules, improving their lipophilicity and metabolic stability. Also serves as a building block in cross-coupling reactions and carbonylative transformations under palladium catalysis. Due to the electron-withdrawing nature of the trifluoromethyl group, it enhances the electrophilicity of adjacent sites, facilitating nucleophilic attack in synthesis pathways.