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There is no such compound as CH2OH. The compounds CH2O (formaldehyde) and CH3OH (methanol) do exist. Both contain carbon and are miscible in water for largely the same reason. Formaldehyde contains a highly polar C-O double bond while methanol contains both a polar C-O bond and a polar O-H bond. Polar bonds tend to make molecules water soluble.

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