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'''2-Methyl-2-butanol''' (also known as '''''tert''-amyl alcohol''' or '''~~2M2B~~''') is a tertiary [[chemical class::alcohol]] substance that produces [[psychoactive class::depressant]], [[hypnotic]], and [[anxiolytic]] effects. Historically, it has been used in anesthesia as a component of avertin fluid mixed with tribromoethanol and water.<ref>http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=540829</ref> It has a strong solvent smell reminiscent of gasoline, but with little flavor. 2M2B's simple structure and intoxicating effects have led to its use as a recreational drug.<ref>https://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_2Methyl2Butanol.shtml</ref>

'''2-Methyl-2-butanol''' ('''2M2B''') also known as '''''tert''-amyl alcohol''' ('''TAA''') is a tertiary [[chemical class::alcohol]] substance that produces [[psychoactive class::depressant]], [[hypnotic]], and [[anxiolytic]] effects. Historically, it has been used in anesthesia as a component of avertin fluid mixed with tribromoethanol and water.<ref>http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=540829</ref> It has a strong solvent smell reminiscent of gasoline, but with little flavor. 2M2B's simple structure and intoxicating effects have led to its use as a recreational drug.<ref>https://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_2Methyl2Butanol.shtml</ref>

Fusel alcohols including 2M2B are a grain fermentation by-product and therefore present in many alcoholic beverages.<ref>The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary | http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XewWAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref> Trace levels of 2M2B have also been detected in various food substances, including fried bacon and cassava,<ref>Some flavouring constituents of cassava and of processed cassava products | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.2740340816/abstract;jsessionid=1200794E266855A06F6A07494E7D1B1E.f04t04</ref><ref>Isolation and identification of volatile flavor compounds in fried baconhttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00116a038</ref> rooibos tea,<ref>Volatile components of Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00062a024</ref> and fruits (such as apple and pineapple).

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-'''2-Methyl-2-butanol''' (also known as '''''tert''-amyl alcohol''' or '''2M2B''') is a tertiary [[chemical class::alcohol]] substance that produces [[psychoactive class::depressant]], [[hypnotic]], and [[anxiolytic]] effects. Historically, it has been used in anesthesia as a component of avertin fluid mixed with tribromoethanol and water.<ref>http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=540829</ref> It has a strong solvent smell reminiscent of gasoline, but with little flavor. 2M2B's simple structure and intoxicating effects have led to its use as a recreational drug.<ref>https://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_2Methyl2Butanol.shtml</ref>
+'''2-Methyl-2-butanol''' ('''2M2B''') also known as '''''tert''-amyl alcohol''' ('''TAA''') is a tertiary [[chemical class::alcohol]] substance that produces [[psychoactive class::depressant]], [[hypnotic]], and [[anxiolytic]] effects. Historically, it has been used in anesthesia as a component of avertin fluid mixed with tribromoethanol and water.<ref>http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=540829</ref> It has a strong solvent smell reminiscent of gasoline, but with little flavor. 2M2B's simple structure and intoxicating effects have led to its use as a recreational drug.<ref>https://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_2Methyl2Butanol.shtml</ref>
 Fusel alcohols including 2M2B are a grain fermentation by-product and therefore present in many alcoholic beverages.<ref>The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary | http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XewWAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref> Trace levels of 2M2B have also been detected in various food substances, including fried bacon and cassava,<ref>Some flavouring constituents of cassava and of processed cassava products | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.2740340816/abstract;jsessionid=1200794E266855A06F6A07494E7D1B1E.f04t04</ref><ref>Isolation and identification of volatile flavor compounds in fried baconhttp://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00116a038</ref> rooibos tea,<ref>Volatile components of Rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00062a024</ref> and fruits (such as apple and pineapple).