Used in pharmaceutical synthesis, particularly as a chiral building block for drugs targeting central nervous system disorders. Its structural motif is valuable in developing enzyme inhibitors and receptor modulators. Commonly employed in the preparation of bioactive molecules due to the presence of both amino and hydroxyl functional groups in a stereochemically defined arrangement. Also utilized in asymmetric synthesis and catalysis as a ligand precursor. Its pyridine-containing scaffold supports binding interactions in medicinal chemistry applications.