Used as an intermediate in the synthesis of pharmaceutical compounds, particularly in the development of kinase inhibitors for cancer treatment. It serves as a building block to introduce the 2-methylpyrimidine and piperidine moieties, which are common in bioactive molecules. Its protected amine group allows for selective reactions in multi-step organic syntheses, making it valuable in medicinal chemistry for optimizing drug candidates targeting tyrosine kinases and related enzymes.