Isopropanol, bizwi kandi nka isopropyl alcool cyangwa 2-propanol, ni ibara ritagira ibara, ryaka kandi rifite impumuro nziza. Nibintu bikoreshwa cyane mubushakashatsi buboneka mubikorwa bitandukanye, harimo imiti, amavuta yo kwisiga, ninganda zitunganya ibiribwa. Muri iyi ngingo, tuzacengera cyane mwizina rusange rya isopropanol nuburyo bukoreshwa hamwe nimiterere.

Ijambo "isopropanol" ryerekeza ku cyiciro cy’imiti irimo amatsinda akora hamwe n’imiterere ya molekile nka Ethanol. Itandukaniro rishingiye ku kuba isopropanol irimo itsinda rya methyl ryiyongereye kuri atome ya karubone yegeranye na hydroxyl. Iri tsinda ryiyongera rya methyl ritanga isopropanol ibintu bitandukanye byumubiri na chimique ugereranije na Ethanol.

Isopropanol ikorwa mu nganda nuburyo bubiri bwingenzi: inzira ya acetone-butanol hamwe na okiside ya propylene. Mubikorwa bya acetone-butanol, acetone na butanol byitabirwa imbere ya catisale ya aside kugirango itange isopropanol. Inzira ya okiside ya propylene ikubiyemo reaction ya propylene hamwe na ogisijeni imbere ya catalizator yo gukora propylene glycol, hanyuma igahinduka isopropanol.

Bumwe mu buryo bukoreshwa cyane muri isopropanol ni mu gukora amavuta yo kwisiga n'ibicuruzwa byita ku muntu. Bikunze gukoreshwa nkibishishwa muri ibyo bicuruzwa bitewe nubushake bwabyo hamwe nuburyo budatera uburakari. Byongeye kandi, ikoreshwa no mu gukora isuku yo mu rugo, aho imiti ya mikorobe ikoreshwa neza. Mu nganda zimiti, isopropanol ikoreshwa nkigisubizo mugutegura imiti kandi nkibikoresho fatizo byo guhuza ibindi bikoresho bivura imiti.

Byongeye kandi, isopropanol ikoreshwa no mu nganda zitunganya ibiribwa nkibintu bihumura neza kandi bikumira. Bikunze kuboneka mubiribwa bitunganijwe nka jama, jellies, n'ibinyobwa bidasembuye bitewe nubushobozi bwabyo bwo kongera uburyohe no kuramba. Uburozi buke bwa isopropanol butuma bukoreshwa neza muriyi porogaramu.

Mu gusoza, isopropanol ni imiti ikoreshwa cyane hamwe ninganda nyinshi zikoreshwa mu nganda. Imiterere yihariye ya molekulire hamwe nimiterere yumubiri bituma iba ingenzi mubikorwa bitandukanye, harimo kwisiga, imiti, no gutunganya ibiryo. Ubumenyi bwizina ryarwo hamwe nuburyo bukoreshwa butanga gusobanukirwa neza nuruvange rwimiti itandukanye.