As a result, students also have an additional compound for isolation, purification, determination of yield, and characterization by 1 H-NMR spectroscopy. Figure 2. Hydrolysis of methyl salicylate ...

Salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid) is a white solid first isolated from the bark of willow trees (Salix spp.), from which it gets its name. It also occurs as the free acid or its esters in many ...