What functional groups are present in salicylic acid?
1 Answer
Nov 23, 2015
There are three distinct moieties that contain 2 functional groups.
Explanation:
Salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid) is formed of a benzene ring to which 2 adjacent groups, carboxylic group and hydroxy group, are attached. We don't normally consider benzene to be a functional group, so that's why the hydroxyl and carboxylic are the ones that count.
