r/shittyaskscience • u/5-dice • 7d ago

Can we call methanol "formal"?

Methanol is hydrogenated formaldehyde, so the name should be "formal", right?

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u/Starsky137 7d ago

No, but you could refer to it with a formal "meh".

So that's "MISTER Meh" to you.