Used in organic synthesis as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals, particularly in the development of bioactive molecules and drug candidates. Its chloromethyl group enables facile nucleophilic substitutions for further derivatization, while the homomorpholine structure enhances solubility and cell membrane permeability. This makes it valuable in medicinal chemistry for constructing complex heterocyclic compounds, including those with central nervous system activity, selective enzyme inhibitors, and receptor ligands that mimic natural substrates. Commonly utilized in research for scaffold modification and structure-activity relationship studies, such as in antimicrobials or anticancer agents.