MethanolMethanol (also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula CH3OH (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Methanol, revision 1380006541.

Property

Value

Formula

CH4O, 32.04 g/mol

Melting point

-97.6 °C

Boiling point

64.7 °C

Density

0.792 g/cm³

Flash point

11.5 °C

log P, measured

-0.69

pKa

15.5

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