3-aniline is a compound with the molecular formula CF₃C₆H₄NH₂. It is an aromatic amine

Aromatic amine

An aromatic amine is an amine with an aromatic substituent - that is -NH2, -NH- or nitrogen group attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon, whose structure usually contains one or more benzene rings. Aniline is the simplest example....

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3-(Trifluoromethyl)aniline is an intermediate in the production of the herbicide fluometuron

Fluometuron

Fluometuron is an herbicide. In the United States it was approved for use on cotton and sugarcane crops in 1974, but since 1986 is only approved for use on cotton....

. It is synthesized from benzotrifluoride via nitration

Nitration

Nitration is a general chemical process for the introduction of a nitro group into a chemical compound. The dominant application of nitration is for the production of nitrobenzene, the precursor to methylene diphenyl diisocyanate...

followed by reduction to meta-H₂NC₆H₄CF₃. 3-(Trifluoromethyl)aniline is then converted to the urea, fluometuron.