methanoln.
/ˈmɛθənɒl/, U.S. /ˈmɛθəˌnɔl/, /ˈmɛθəˌnɑl/ Chemistry.
The simplest of the aliphatic alcohols, CH3OH, a colourless, volatile, flammable, toxic liquid that was originally obtained by the distillation of wood and is used in chemical synthesis, as a solvent, and as an alternative fuel. Also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol.The adoption of methanol as the systematic name of methyl alcohol was a consequence of Resolution 15 (on alcohols and phenols) of the report of 1892 of the International Conference on Chemical Nomenclature (see Nature (1892) 19 May 58–9).
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methanol1894
1894 G. M'Gowan tr. A. Bernthsen Text-bk. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) 87 Methyl alcohol. [Note] ‘O[fficial] N[ame]’ Methanol.
1932 Discovery May 165/2 Besides its important use as a methylating agent, methanol is the raw material for formaldehyde.
1958 Times Rev. Industry Dec. 57/2 Refueller..designed for replenishing aircraft with..methanol.
1973 Daily Tel. 27 July 2/7 Hawkshaw..knew that methanol was an anti-freeze substance used on buses and for stripping paint and cleaning paintbrushes.
1982 M. J. Dring Biol. Marine Plants (1986) iii. 47 The accessory pigments..resemble chlorophyll..in being insoluble in water and extractable only with organic solvents, such as acetone or methanol.
1992 Which? Dec. 29/3 Methanol is a type of alcohol found as a congener in most alcoholic drinks.
1998 World in 1998 (Economist Publ.) 145/1 A fuel-cell car has its tank filled with methanol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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