A colorless liquid, it is one of three isomers of fluoroaniline.

It is used as a precursor to various potential and real applications.

[2] It is a common building block in medicinal chemistry and related fields.

[3] For example, it is a precursor to the fungicide fluoroimide [de] or the fentanyl analogue parafluorofentanyl.

It has also been evaluated for the production of ligands for homogeneous catalysis.