Eli5: How is the alcohol in sanitizers different than in whiskey?

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And if it’s the same then can someone drink sanitizer (a very small portion) and get drunk?

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It’s because the type alcohol of alcohol found in cleaning products (isopropyl C3H8O) possesses an extra carbon bond which when consumed will react with chemicals in your body to yield compound that are different (and often more toxic) than the ones yielded by drinking alcohol (ethanol C2H6O).

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