Used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates, particularly in the development of fluorinated organic compounds with enhanced metabolic stability and bioavailability. Its aldehyde group enables condensation reactions to form imines or other derivatives useful in drug discovery. Commonly employed in the preparation of kinase inhibitors and agrochemicals due to the electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group improving compound potency and lipophilicity. Also serves as a building block in materials science for designing functionalized ligands in catalysis.