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Hydrocarbons and chemical compounds like industrial alcohols and plastics accounted for the bulk of Tehran's exports to Beijing.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

From there, the researchers build the structure in stages, adding chemical functional groups, including alcohols, ketones, and amides, while carefully controlling stereochemistry at each step.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

Deducting the value of fiber and sugar alcohols from the total carbohydrate content of a food gives what's considered its net carb value.

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2024

There are also polyols or sugar alcohols - erythritol particularly has gained traction in recent years.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond