Ethanol, inozivikanwawo se ethanol, ndeye organic compound inoshandiswa zvakanyanya mumaindasitiri akasiyana siyana. Iyi inoputika isina ruvara inopenya mvura ine yakaderera toxicity, uye yakachena chigadzirwa hachigone kudyiwa zvakananga. Nekudaro, mhinduro yayo ine aqueous ine kunhuhwirira kwakasiyana kwewaini, ine kunhuhwirira kwakashata uye kutapira zvishoma. Ethanol inobvira zvakanyanya uye inoita misanganiswa inoputika kana yasangana nemhepo. Iyo ine yakanakisa solubility, inogona kusanganiswa nemvura mune chero chikamu, uye inogona kusanganiswa neyakatevedzana organic solvents senge chloroform, ether, methanol, acetone, nezvimwe.