Disclosed are fluorinated diene alcohols perferably having a fluorine content of at least about 45 weight percent and having a plurality of moieties of the formula CF
x
and a plurality of moieties of the formula CH
x
, where each x is independently 1, 2 or 3 and where each CF
x
moiety is not directly bonded to another CF
x
moiety. Methods of synthesizing fluorinated diene alcohol compounds are also disclosed comprising reacting at least one C
2
-C
3
alkene halide with at least one reactant of the formula (II):
where Z is OH, OR
6
, OC(O)R
7
, or a halogen,
R
6
is a C
1
-C
6
branched or straight chain alkyl, and
R
7
is a C
1
-C
6
branched or straight chain alkyl or fluoroalkyl,