“ Its compound with calcium chloride has the formula CaCl2·4CH3·OH, and with barium oxide BaO·2CH3OH. Oxidation gives formaldehyde, formic acid and carbonic acid; chlorine and bromine react, but less readily than with ethyl alcohol. The chief industrial applications are for making denatured alcohol (q.v.) , and as a solvent, e.g. in varnish manufacture; it is also used for a fuel; a purer product is extensively used in the colour and fine chemical industries.
Methyl chloride CH3Cl, is a gas, boiling at −23°, obtained by chlorinating methane, or better, from methyl alcohol ”