Like ethanol, methanol reacts with oxygen in the body. In the case of ethanol, this process makes acetaldehyde—a toxic chemical—and then acetate, or acetic acid, the acid found in vinegar.

and the researchers estimate that 1 ton of ethanol should give 1.3 tons of acetic acid. In their work published in Nature, Ma, Zhou, and colleagues report on a methanol-reforming catalyst that is ...

Researchers have engineered yeast to efficiently convert methanol into D-lactic acid, a key compound for biodegradable plastics and pharmaceuticals. By optimizing gene and promoter combinations, they ...

Around two-thirds of all methanol demand is used to produce traditional chemical derivatives, including formaldehyde, acetic acid and a variety of other chemicals that form the basis of a large ...

then fixed in 3:1 methanol:acetic acid. The cell suspension was dropped onto alcohol-cleaned microscope slides which were then baked at 90 °C for 20 min. After cooling, the slides were ...