Since all the atoms are in either period 1 or 2, this
molecule will adhere to the octet rule.
The exception, of course, being the hydrogen's. They
follow the duet rule (2 electrons).
From-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol-It is the simplestalcohol,
and is a light,volatile,colorless,flammable,
liquid with a distinctive odor that is very similar to but slightly sweeter thanethanol(drinking
alcohol). At room temperature it is apolar
liquidand is used as anantifreeze,
solvent,fuel, and as adenaturantforethanol.
Because of its toxic properties, methanol is frequently used as a denaturant
additive for ethanol manufactured for industrial uses — this addition of
methanol exempts industrial ethanol from liquor excise taxation. Methanol is
often called wood alcohol because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of
the destructive distillationofwood.