an example of a methane derivative?

Answer 1

Methanol. CH3OH. Poisonous alcohol. Often called wood alcohol. Essentially a molecule of methane with one hydrogen substituted for a hydroxyl group.

Answer 2

Methanol is a poisonous alcohol that's sometimes added to commercial ethanol products to deter people from drinking them to get drunk. It's best known for causing blindness.

Chloroform (trichloromethane) was used as an anesthetic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has since been replaced with safer alternatives.

Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane) was used as a dry cleaning solvent in the early 20th century. It was also used as a refrigerant and in fire extinguishers. However, it was determined in the 1940s that it was highly toxic, so it hasn't been used much since then.

Formaldehyde (methanal) is a methane derivative that's commonly used to preserve tissue samples in a laboratory setting.

Answer 3

Chloro-methane, methanol

plus methane itself can be a derivative component ...

Answer 4

Natural gas that is used to heat homes