4-溴苯甲醇与乙酰基二茂铁和芳基硼酸发生三组分反应，生成含有联芳基的二茂铁酮 。它在聚乙烯聚吡咯烷酮负载的过氧化氢、二氧化硅硫酸和溴化铵存在下发生氧化反应，生成 4-溴苯甲醛 。它与 1,1,1,3,3,3-六甲基二硅氮烷在催化剂量的天冬氨酸乙腈溶液中发生有效的三甲基硅烷化反应 。 4-Bromobenzyl alcohol undergoes three-component reaction with acetylferrocene and arylboronic acid to give ferrocenyl ketones containing biaryls. It undergoes oxidation reaction in the presence of polyvinylpolypyrrolidone-supported hydrogen peroxide, silica sulfuric acid and ammonium bromide to yield 4-bromobenzaldehyde. It undergoes efficient trimethylsilylation reaction with 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazane in the presence of catalytic amount of aspartic acid in acetonitrile. 4-Bromobenzyl alcohol was used in the synthesis of: hydroxyl end functionalized, substituted polyfluorene amphiphilic, symmetric rod-coil, triblock copolymer of poly(9,9-didodecylfluorene-2,7-diyl) and poly(hydroxyl ethyl methacrylate)