What Is Wood Alcohol?

Methanol (CH ₃ OH) is the simplest saturated monohydric alcohol with a CAS number of 67-56-1 or 170082-17-4, a molecular weight of 32.04, and a boiling point of 64.7 . Since it was first discovered in retorted wood, it is also called "lignol" or "lignin". The lowest dose of oral poisoning in humans is about 100 mg / kg of body weight, and oral intake of 0.3 to 1 g / kg can be fatal. It is used in the manufacture of formaldehyde and pesticides, and is used as an extractant for organics and a denaturant for alcohol. The finished product is usually made by reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen.

1. One of the basic organic raw materials, used to make a variety of organic products such as methyl chloride, methylamine and dimethyl sulfate. It is also one of the raw materials for pesticides (insecticides, acaricides), medicines (sulfonamides, hemycin, etc.), and one of the raw materials for the synthesis of dimethyl terephthalate, methyl methacrylate and methyl acrylate. ^[5]

   In July 2011, an intoxication of fake and inferior alcohol in Ecuador killed 21 people and treated 103 others. ^[11]