This compound, chloroform, and methanol form a ternary "saddle" azeotrope.
Though it's not an alcohol, strains of Clostridia are used to produce this compound from starch in the ABE process. This compound, chloroform, and methanol form a ternary "saddle" azeotrope. When reacted with sodium hydroxide and iodine, it produces iodoform and acetic acid. This compound is formed from the propylene that adds to benzene and is oxygenated during the cumene process. If you hydrate propyne in the presence of mercuric cations, the enol tautomerizes to form this compound. The reaction of isopropanol with chromic acid will yield this compound, and that oxidation, named for Jones, usually uses this compound as the solvent since it's polar and aprotic. For 10 points, name this dimethyl ketone used as a laboratory solvent and in nail polish remover.
Though it's not an alcohol, strains of Clostridia are used to produce this compound from starch in the ABE process.
acetone [or dimethyl ketone before it is read]