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oil of winter green

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How will u convert phenol to oil of winter green?

What is oil of winter green? Is it salicylaldehyde?

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Nivedh Iyer

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31 Oct 2007 16:20:34 IST

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Oil of wintergreen........hmm.......is actually Methyl salicylate which is also known as salicylic acid methyl ester, betula oil, methyl-2-hydroxybenzoate..........................

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31 Oct 2007 16:21:45 IST

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itzzzz chemical formula is C₆H₄(HO)COOCH₃......................

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31 Oct 2007 16:22:46 IST

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It is a natural product of many species of plantzzzzzz..........

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31 Oct 2007 16:25:08 IST

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Methyl salicylate that is OIL OF WINTER GREEN can be produced by esterifying salicylic acid with methanol.

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1 Nov 2007 07:54:29 IST

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phenol reacts with CCl₄ +alcoholic KOH to form salycylic acid ,when this reacts with CH₃OH esterification takes place to form methyl salysylate called oil of winter green.

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