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Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease by dekhn on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:37PM (#35969277)
Alcohol hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons with an alcohol group attached (see the diagram at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxy_group) The simplest would be methanol, from methane. Any organic chemist would know what you meant, although it's not really correct terminology. IIRC the hydrocarbon would be called an 'alkyl group'.

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