
Methanol
Methanol is the primary alcohol that is the simplest aliphatic alcohol, comprising a methyl and an alcohol group. It has a role as a Mycoplasma genitalium metabolite, a fuel, an amphiprotic solvent, a mouse metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a volatile organic compound, a primary alcohol, an alkyl alcohol and a one-carbon compound. It is a conjugate acid of a methoxide. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- methanol
- Molecular formula
- CH4O
- Molecular weight
- 32.042 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 32.026214747 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:15734
- ChEBI:CHEBI:17790
- ChEBI:CHEBI:35681
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL14688
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2021731
- PubMed:19960233
- PubMed:17896475
- PubMed:14637377
- PubMed:11842325
- PubMed:8676383
- PubMed:8572717
- PubMed:8255292
- PubMed:8085841
- PubMed:5950619
- PubMed:5081911
- PubMed:4405093
- PubMed:402103
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