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Wood spirit is known as...

Wood spirit is known as

A

Methanol

B

Ethanol

C

Acetone

D

Benzene

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The correct Answer is:
A
Methanol is also referred to as wood alcohol or wood spirit or wood naphtha as the earliest method for its preparation was by destructive distillation of wood.
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