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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Ethanol, Anxiolytic, Zolpidem, Quazepam, Hydroxyzine, Propranolol, Meprobamate, Flurazepam, Eglumegad, Antalarmin, Tandospirone, Abecarnil, Picamilon, ZK-93423, Valnoctamide, L-838,417, Fludiazepam, Tofisopam, Etazolate, Emapunil, Alpidem, Fenobam, Pizotifen, Sceletium tortuosum, DAA-1106, SL-651,498, List of psychotropic medications, SNAP-7941, TPA-023, Etifoxine, Afobazole, 4-Iodopropofol, ELB-139, Indiplon, Adatanserin, Panadiplon, Opipramol, Y-23684, Selank, SB-205,384, Pipequaline, Premazepam, ATC-0175, RWJ-51204, Pexacerfont, SNAP-94847, CGS-9896, Adipiplon, FGIN-127, CGS-20625, Benzoctamine, FGIN-143, Gepirone, Clazolam, CP-154,526, Enpiprazole, Trimetozine, Saredutant, ICI-190,622, NS-2710, Ipsapirone, Tracazolate, TP-13, CP-615,003, GR-159,897, TP-003, Sulazepam, Captodiame, DAA-1097, NGD-4715, NS-2664, Gedocarnil, Divaplon, GW-803,430, Lorpiprazole, GBLD-345, Tolpiprazole, Emylcamate, Oxanamide, Erythravine, Naranol, BNC210, Pyrazolopyridine. Excerpt: Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a powerful psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a solvent, and as a fuel. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits. Ethanol is a straight-chain alcohol, and its molecular formula is C2H5OH. Its empirical formula is C2H6O. An alternative notation is CH3-CH2-OH, which indicates that the carbon of a methyl group (CH3-) is attached to the carbon of a methylene group (-CH2-), which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group (-OH). It is a constitutional isomer of dimethyl ether. Ethanol is often abbreviated as EtOH, using the common organic chemistry notation of representing the...