Explanation:

Methyl alcohol is called wood spirit.
Methanol, also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, or wood spirit, the simplest of a long series of organic compounds called alcohols; its molecular formula is CH3OH. Methanol was formerly produced by the destructive distillation of wood. The modern method of preparing methanol is based on the direct combination of carbon monoxide gas and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. Most methanol is produced from the methane found in natural gas.