Tag : Salicylic Acid

Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil

Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil By: Matthew Rook Introduction: Experiment 3: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid from Wintergreen Oil Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to get students familiar with glass materials often used by organic chemists and how to reflux a mixture and to filter its precipitate, through teaching students how to create salicylic acid from methyl salicylate (wintergreen oil). During the experiment students learns how to use solubility data and then the students learns how […]

Synthesis of Aspirin

Written by Katie Introduction Methyl Salicylate is a naturally occurring chemical that is obtained from winter green oil that can be used to synthesize Salicylic Acid. Methyl Salicylate is a phenol with a acetyl group in the ortho position. This carbonyl group can undergo typical carbonyl addition-elimination reactions. An addition elimination reaction occurs at the carbonyl carbon where a nucleophile attacks the highly electrophilic carbonyl carbon. The carbonyl carbon is more electrophilic than the other carbons because the double bonded […]