Immediate naked eye distinction of methanol from ethanol can be performed by simple dissolution, in each of these solvents, of either [Na][EuFOD 4 ] (1) complex or in mixture of products from the reaction between [P 6,6,6,14 ][Eu(FOD) 4 ] and NaOPhMe 3 , referred as 2, ([P 6,6,6,14 ] + = trihexyltetradecylphosphonium cation, FOD -= 1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoro-7,7-dimethyloctane-4,6-dionate). Additionally, an easy, low-cost, efficient and fast spectrofluorimetric method for the detection and [a]