Question #fccd0
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Jan 3, 2017
Here's what I get.
Salicylic acid has both a carboxylic acid and a phenol group.
An acid anhydride will react with a phenol group to form an ester.
Thus, the benzoic anhydride will react with the phenol group of salicylic acid to form an ester, benzoyl salicylate.
