Explanatory notes
… alcohol). Obtained by dry distillation of wood, or by synthesis. Pure methanol is a mobile, colourless, … rectification of ethyl alcohol. Amyl alcohols may also be synthesised from the hydrocarbon gases obtained during the … (I) Diols (1) Ethylene glycol (ethanediol). A colourless, syrupy liquid with a faint, pungent odour. Used in the …