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Isopropyl alcohol, a colorless, flammable liquid is known by a variety of other names. For example, in the laboratory it may be labeled isopropanol, isopro, iso, isopropyl or simply by the abbreviation IPA. Also sometimes called 2-propanol, the reference is probably to an isomer of the inorganic compound propanol, also known as isopropyl alcohol. Of course, isopropyl alcohol is most commonly known as simple spirit.