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Ethanol is an industrially important compound.
How is it converted into rectified spirit?

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Fractional distillation of wash

The fractional distillation yields three fractions:

1) It consists of about 93-95% of ethyl alcohol sold under the name rectified spirit or commercial alcohol.

2) Acetaldehyde

3) Amyl alcohol

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