Multiple choice chemistry chemical reactions of organic compounds commercially important alcohols - methanol methanol some commercially important alcohols uses of alcohols An industrial method for the preparation of methanol is: by catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide by reacting methane with steam in presence of a catalyst by reduction of $HCHO$ with $LiAlH _4$ by reduction of $HCHO$ with aqueous $NaOH$ Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself A Correct answer Explanation An industrial method for the preparation of methanol is by catalytic reduction of carbon monoxide.$ \displaystyle \underset { \displaystyle \text { Synthetic gas } }{\underset { \displaystyle \text { water gas } }{CO+H _2}+H _2} \xrightarrow [ \text { 300 deg C, pressure }]{Cr _2O _3-ZnO} \underset { \displaystyle \text { Methanol } }{CH _3-OH}$