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Methanol 67-56-1, also known as “wood alcohol,” is an organic compound and the simplest saturated monohydric alcohol. It is a colorless, transparent, flammable, and volatile toxic liquid. Ingesting 5–10 milliliters can cause blindness, and ingesting large amounts can be fatal. At room temperature, methanol is non-corrosive to metals (except lead and aluminum) and has a slight alcohol odor. Its relative density is 0.792 (20/4°C), melting point is -97.8°C, boiling point is 64.5°C, flash point is 12.22°C, and autoignition temperature is 463.89°C. vapor density 1.11, vapor pressure 13.33 kPa (100 mmHg at 21.2°C), and the explosive limit of the vapor-air mixture is 6–36.5% (by volume). It is miscible with water, ethanol, ether, benzene, ketones, halogenated hydrocarbons, and many other organic solvents. It is commonly used as a solvent, antifreeze, fuel, or neutralizing agent.

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, is one of the most widely used industrial chemicals and organic solvents. It is a clear, colorless liquid with excellent solubility and fast evaporation properties.

Methanol is an essential raw material for many chemical manufacturing processes and is widely used in formaldehyde production, biodiesel manufacturing, solvents, and fuel blending.

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Chemical Properties Of Methanol 67-56-1

Application of Methanol (Cas No 67 56 1)

Methanol 67-56-1 has a wide range of applications and serves as a fundamental organic chemical raw material and high-quality fuel. It is primarily used in the fine chemicals and plastics industries to produce various organic products such as formaldehyde, acetic acid, chloroform, methylamine, and dimethyl sulfate, and is also an important raw material for pesticides and pharmaceuticals. After further processing, methanol can be used as a new type of clean fuel and can also be blended with gasoline for combustion.

Methanol oxidation to formaldehyde

Methane is directly oxidized into formaldehyde under high temperatures in the presence of pumice silver, a catalyst, or other solid catalysts. Currently, over 40% of global methanol production is used for formaldehyde synthesis, which is further processed into resins, plastics, and other chemical raw materials. Polyformaldehyde is an engineering plastic with excellent performance and a wide range of applications. Formaldehyde is also used to produce nearly 100 downstream products, including butanediol and urea.

Methylamine Production from Methanol Ammoniation

Methylamine is produced by mixing methanol with ammonia in a specific ratio, then synthesizing the mixture at temperatures of 370–420°C and pressures of 5.0–20.0 MPa using activated alumina as a catalyst. This process yields a mixture of methylamine, dimethylamine, and trimethylamine, which can be further purified by distillation to obtain pure methylamine, dimethylamine, or trimethylamine products. Methylamine, dimethylamine, and trimethylamine are used in pesticides, pharmaceuticals, dyes, or as organic raw material intermediates. Under the presence of metal silicon-aluminum catalysts or ZSM-5 molecular sieves, methanol can be dehydrated to produce dimethyl ether.

Methylaldehyde is produced by dehydrogenation of methanol.

Methyl formate is an organic synthesis raw material and can be used to produce methylamide, dimethylformamide, etc. Methylamide is a raw material for pharmaceuticals, fragrances, and dyes, and can also be used as a paper treatment agent, a softener in the fiber industry, and a polar solvent in organic synthesis. Dimethylformamide is an important organic chemical raw material and an excellent solvent, used in applications such as gas absorption agents, pesticides, polyurethane synthetic leather, polyacrylonitrile filament production, and butadiene extraction.

Methanol readily undergoes esterification reactions with sulfuric acid and carbonic acid; at 0°C, it does not readily react with hydrochloric acid. At 160°C, in the presence of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, or boric acid, methanol can lose water to form methyl ether (CH₃-O-CH₃). Methyl alcohol vapor can also lose water to form ether when passed through aluminum oxide or thorium oxide (at temperatures of 200°C and 400°C, respectively). Methanol can be used as a solvent; metal halides and organic acid salts are more or less soluble in methanol, while sulfates have extremely low solubility and carbonates are completely insoluble in methanol.

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