Methanol
Methanol, also known as wood alcohol, is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula CH3OH. It is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odour similar to that of ethanol (potable alcohol). Today, methanol is mainly produced industrially by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide.
Uses
It is used as a precursor to other commodity chemicals, including formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl tert-butyl ether, methyl benzoate, anisole, peroxyacids, as well as a host of more specialised chemicals.
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