Isopropanol, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka isopropyl alcohol a i ʻole 2-propanol, he wai waihoʻoluʻu ʻole a hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia me kahi ʻala ʻano. He mea hoʻohana nui ia e loaʻa ai nā noi ma nā ʻano ʻoihana, me ka lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻonaninani, a me nā ʻoihana hana meaʻai. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi hohonu mākou i ka inoa maʻamau no ka isopropanol a me kāna mau hoʻohana a me nā waiwai.

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "isopropanol" e pili ana i kahi papa o nā pūhui kemika i loaʻa nā pūʻulu hana like a me ke ʻano molekala me ka ethanol. Aia ka ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he hui methyl hou ka isopropanol i hoʻopili ʻia i ka atom kalapona e pili ana i ka hui hydroxyl. Hāʻawi kēia hui methyl ʻokoʻa i ka isopropanol i nā waiwai kino a me nā kemika i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka ethanol.

Hana ʻia ʻo Isopropanol ma nā ʻano hana ʻelua: ke kaʻina acetone-butanol a me ke kaʻina propylene oxide. Ma ke kaʻina hana acetone-butanol, hoʻopili ʻia ka acetone a me ka butanol i mua o kahi mea hoʻoheheʻe waika e hana i ka isopropanol. ʻO ke kaʻina hana propylene oxide e pili ana i ka hopena o ka propylene me ka oxygen i mua o kahi catalyst e hana i propylene glycol, a laila hoʻololi ʻia i isopropanol.

ʻO kekahi o ka hoʻohana maʻamau o ka isopropanol i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻonaninani a me nā huahana mālama pilikino. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e like me ka solvent i kēia mau huahana ma muli o kona solubility a me nā waiwai ʻole irritant. Hoʻohui ʻia, hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale, kahi e hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia ai kāna mau mea germicidal. I ka ʻoihana lāʻau lapaʻau, hoʻohana ʻia ka isopropanol ma ke ʻano he solvent i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a ma ke ʻano he kumu waiwai no ka synthesis o nā pūhui lāʻau ʻē aʻe.

Eia kekahi, hoʻohana pū ʻia ka isopropanol i ka ʻoihana hana meaʻai ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono a me ka preservative. Loaʻa maʻamau i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia e like me ka jams, jellies, a me nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu ma muli o kona hiki ke hoʻonui i ka ʻono a hoʻolōʻihi i ke ola o ka papa. ʻO ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka isopropanol hiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia i kēia mau noi.

I ka hopena, ʻo isopropanol kahi mea kemika i hoʻohana nui ʻia me ka nui o nā noi ʻoihana. ʻO kona ʻano molecular kū hoʻokahi a me nā waiwai kino e lilo ia i mea waiwai nui i nā ʻoihana like ʻole, me nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a me ka hana ʻai. ʻO ka ʻike o kona inoa maʻamau a me kāna hoʻohana ʻana e hāʻawi i kahi ʻike maikaʻi aʻe o kēia pūhui kemika.