methanol is a basic compound
Acids are generally stronger because the conjugate base is more stable. Consider: CH3OH <-> CH3O[-] + H[+] H2O <-> HO[-] + H[+] In these cases the (-) charge makes the conjugate base...
methanol can't be dried completely, it always contains some water.
H2SO4 + NaOH ____________ HNO3
The presence of H+ ions, whereas basic solutions are basic because of the presence of OH- ions.