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propylene glycol butanediol ethylene glycol alcohol ethanol glycerol methanol butyl alcohol cetyl alcohol amyl alcohol phytol propyl alcohol inositol benzyl alcohol

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Wurtz

Charles-Adolphe Wurtz

French chemist