This compound serves as a key synthetic intermediate in organic electronics, featuring boronic ester functionalities on thiophene units that enable efficient palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, such as Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, to construct high-performance conjugated polymers for organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic photovoltaics (OPVs).

The tailored 2-decyltetradecyl side chains improve solubility and film-forming properties of the resulting polymers, facilitating solution processing for flexible and large-area electronic devices. The pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione (DPP) core with thiophene conjugation promotes strong intermolecular π-π stacking and efficient charge transport, contributing to excellent semiconducting performance.

It is widely used in research to develop n-type, p-type, and ambipolar semiconductors, advancing applications in printed electronics, wearable technology, and flexible displays.