What is the difference between ethyl and methyl alcohol?

Answer 1

Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, is madeof molecules containing one methyl group, with a chemical structure of CH3-OH. Methanol is highly toxic if inhaled, drunk, or absorbed through the skin and can cause blindness. Ethyl alcohol is the same as ethanol or grain alcohol. I has two methyl groups and looks like CH3-CH3-OH. This is the type of alcohol found in the alcoholic beverages people consume. Both compounds are organic and are good solvents and fixatives.

Answer 2

• methyl alcohol has the formula CH3COOH but ethyl alcohol has the formula C2H5OH .
• Methyl alcohol is the first alcohol in the homologous series,and ethyl alcohol is the 2nd.
• methyl alcohol is called methanol, ethyl alcohol is called ethanol.

Answer 3

Ethyl alcohol (C3C2OH) known as ethanol in the IUPAC nomenclature is called grain alcohol as it is traditionally produced for distillation to pure alcohol by the fermentation of grain derived sugars.

The name separates it from methyl alcohol (C3OH) called methanol which is derived from the fermentation of cellulose as is sometimes called wood alcohol.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl_alcohol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Methyl alcohol is CH3OH. Ethyl alcohol is C2H5OH. Methyl alcohol is much more toxic than ethyl alcohol. It is more corrosive.