3,3-Difluoro-1-propanol has been used: to investigating the Influence of (Deoxy)fluorination on the Lipophilicity of Non-UV-Active Fluorinated Alkanols and Carbohydrates by a New log P Determination Method; in the study of discovery and structure-activity relationships leading to CE-156811, a difluorophenyl cyclopropyl fluoroether: A novel potent antibacterial analog derived from hygromycin A.