Fluoroalcohols are organofluorine compounds consisting of an alcohol functional group with at least one C-F bond.
[1] Most primary and secondary perfluoroalcohols are unstable, for example trifluoromethanol eliminates hydrogen fluoride, forming carbonyl fluoride.
Numerous partially fluorinated alcohols are known and have useable stabilities.
[4] Fluorotelomer alcohols are precursors to perfluorocarboxylic acids.
Pirkle's alcohol is used a chiral shift reagent in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.