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Title: Deoxygenated methanol
Post by: trishasales714 on March 22, 2017, 10:28:42 PM

silly question but what does the structure of deoxygenated methanol look like? It can't just be CH4?

Title: Re: Deoxygenated methanol
Post by: Hunter2 on March 23, 2017, 01:58:14 AM

I think there is a misunderstanding. It means that oxygen what is dissolved in the alcohol is removed. Methanol is still CH₃OH

Title: Re: Deoxygenated methanol
Post by: Dan on March 23, 2017, 03:04:10 AM

Quote from: trishasales714 on March 22, 2017, 10:28:42 PM

silly question but what does the structure of deoxygenated methanol look like? It can't just be CH4?

There are two ways to interpret this, either removal of dissolved O₂ as Hunter2 says, or removal of the O atom from MeOH, which would indeed be methane. Do you have the context of the phrase "deoxygenated methanol"?