<unk> , also known as methyl alcohol, amongst other names, is a chemical and the simplest alcohol, with the formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated MeOH). It is a light, volatile, colourless, flammable liquid with a distinctive alcoholic odour similar to that of<unk>  (potable alcohol). A polar solvent,<unk>  acquired the name wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly by the destructive distillation of wood. Today,<unk>  is mainly produced industrially by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide.<unk>  consists of a methyl group linked to a polar hydroxyl group. With more than 20 million tons produced annually, 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.
Methanol
Ethylene glycol
Vinyl chloride
Triphenylchloroethylene
Chloroethane
Heptachlor
Chloroform
Beta-Hexachlorocyclohexane