Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Metanol, nke a makwaara dị ka mmanya methyl n'etiti ndị ọzọ, bụ kemịkal nwere usoro CH3OH (otu methyl jikọtara ya na otu hydroxyl, nke a na-akpọkarị MeOH). Methanol nwetara aha ahụ bụ́ mmanya osisi n'ihi na e mepụtara ya n'ụzọ bụ́ isi site n'iji osisi eme ihe n'ụzọ na-ebibi ihe. Taa, a na-emepụta methanol n'ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe site na hydrogenation nke carbon monoxide. Methanol bụ mmanya kachasị mfe, nke nwere otu methyl jikọtara ya na otu hydroxyl. Ọ bụ ihe na-acha ọkụ ọkụ, nke na-agbanwe agbanwe, nke na-enweghị agba, nke na-ere ọkụ nke nwere isi pụrụ iche yiri nke ethanol (mmanya na-egbu egbu). Otú ọ dị, methanol na-egbu egbu karịa ethanol. N'ụlọ okpomọkụ, ọ bụ mmiri mmiri polar. N'ịbụ nke a na-emepụta ihe karịrị nde tọn 20 kwa afọ, a na-eji ya eme ihe dị ka ihe e ji emepụta kemikal ndị ọzọ, gụnyere formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl tert-butyl ether, nakwa ọtụtụ kemikal ndị ọzọ pụrụ iche.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị ka a na-akpọ methanol?
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