Used primarily as an intermediate in organic synthesis, especially in the preparation of psychoactive phenethylamine derivatives. It serves as a building block in research settings for developing compounds with neurological activity, including hallucinogens and entheogens for experimental and analytical purposes. Due to its structural features, it is valuable in medicinal chemistry for modifying and exploring structure-activity relationships in substituted phenethylamines. Also utilized in forensic science to identify and characterize controlled substance analogs.