Used as an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, particularly in the development of bioactive molecules that require substituted benzene derivatives. Its functional groups—amino, bromo, and nitro—allow for sequential transformations, such as coupling reactions via the bromine moiety, reduction of the nitro group to enable further derivatization, and ester hydrolysis to form carboxylic acid derivatives. Commonly employed in research settings for constructing complex heterocyclic systems and in the preparation of dyes and fluorescent probes due to its electron-withdrawing and donating group combination.