• Methanol , also known as methyl alcohol , carbinol , wood alcohol , wood naphtha or wood spirits , is a chemical compound with chemical formula C H 3 OH (often abbreviated MeOH). (wikidoc.org)
  • It is the simplest alcohol , and is a light, volatile , colourless , flammable , poisonous liquid with a distinctive odor that is somewhat milder and sweeter than ethanol ( ethyl alcohol ). (wikidoc.org)
  • At room temperature it is a polar liquid and is used as an antifreeze , solvent , fuel , and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol . (wikidoc.org)
  • The term "methyl" was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from methylene , and was then applied to describe "methyl alcohol. (wikidoc.org)
  • They also introduced the word methylene to organic chemistry, forming it from Greek methy = " wine " + hȳlē = wood (patch of trees). (wikidoc.org)
  • The suffix -yl used in organic chemistry to form names of radicals , was extracted from the word "methyl. (wikidoc.org)
  • The numbers are included in the name to avoid ambiguity about the position of the groups, and "tri" indicates that there are three identical methyl groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • If one of the methyl groups attached to the third carbon atom were instead an ethyl group, then the name would be 3-ethyl-2,3-dimethylpentane. (wikipedia.org)
  • MIKEM Methyl Cellulose (MC) is a non-ionic cellulose ether, which is prepared by introducing methyl groups into cellulose through etherification. (mikem.com)
  • The smallest alkyl group is methyl, with the formula −CH3. (wikipedia.org)
  • This was followed by methyl (Dumas and Peligot in 1834, meaning "spirit of wood") and amyl (Auguste Cahours in 1840). (wikipedia.org)
  • Zheng and Lou (2009) proposed another approach to convert unstable and corrosive oxygenated components into stable and flammable oxygenated compounds, such as alcohols, ethers, and esters, by coupling various types of reactions in the upgrading process. (ncsu.edu)
  • The methyl "substituent" or "group" is highlighted red. (wikipedia.org)
  • 4) The effect of octahydrocoumarin derivatives was also varied in accordance with the position of the methyl group but the order of potency was not in parallel with that of coumarin or dihydrocoumarins. (go.jp)
  • Since 4-methyloctahydrocoumarin effected curling motion in ascaris, the importance of the methyl group in the lactone ring of santonin molecule is pointed out by the analogy of structure of this compound with that of santonin. (go.jp)