It is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate and building block in medicinal chemistry for synthesizing fluorinated aromatic compounds and drug candidates.

Its primary purpose is serving in structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies leveraging the ortho-fluoro para-hydroxy substituents for electronic modulation and hydrogen bonding in bioactive molecules.

2-Fluoro-4-hydroxy-N-methylbenzamide(CHFNO CAS 1243392-80-4) is a substituted benzamide featuring a benzene ring with fluorine at position 2 a hydroxy group at position 4 and an N-methylcarboxamide at position 1 appearing as a solid with molecular weight 169.16 gmol predicted density 1.28 gcm and boiling point 316C.