Isopropyl alcohol would do the same thing: coaggulating the protein body of the virus in which its RNA or DNA are contained. Why buy soemthing that is expensive?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521917/
quote: Conclusions
Multiple concentrations of EtOH, IPA and SH efficiently inactivated infectious HCoV on hard surfaces, typical of those found in public places. Often no remaining infectious HCoV could be detected.
https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol.../chemical.html
uote: Mode of Action.
The most feasible explanation for the antimicrobial action of alcohol is
denaturation of proteins. This mechanism is supported by the observation that absolute ethyl alcohol, a dehydrating agent, is less bactericidal than mixtures of alcohol and water because proteins are denatured more quickly in the presence of water 484, 485. Protein denaturation also is consistent with observations that alcohol destroys the dehydrogenases of Escherichia coli 486, and that ethyl alcohol increases the lag phase of Enterobacter aerogenes 487 and that the lag phase effect could be reversed by adding certain amino acids. The bacteriostatic action was believed caused by inhibition of the production of metabolites essential for rapid cell division.
