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Commercially important alcohols - methanol - class-XII
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Which of the following statements is not correct about methanol?
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It is used for drinking purposes.
💡 Explanation:
Methanol can not be used for drinking purposes as it is highly poisonous compound.
It can be prepared by reduction of formaldehyde with $LiAlH _4$ as :
$HCHO+LiAlH _4 \rightarrow CH _3OH$
It can form hydrogen bond with water and that makes it miscible with water in all proportion.