You can find Salicylic Acid in a lot of Acne medications.
salicylic acid is most commonly known as Aspirin (it is the main ingredient in Aspirin)
37.16% is the expected yield in the reaction of salicylic acid and acetic anhydride used to form aspirin.
Salicylic acid contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Salicylic acid is a solid at room temperature.
The major product obtained is salicylic acid. Which is ortho-hydroxy-benzanoic acid. This acid is used to make Aspirin
take 276 gm of salicylic acid in 1000 ml water to prepare 2M solution of the salicylic acid.
Salicylic acid i would think Look at both their structures; salicylic acid has more polar -OH bonds
Salicylic acid, like any other acid, would be dissolved in water.
salicylic acid is the sublimate, the residue is the sodium sulfate
Salicylic acid is also known as 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid. The literature Ka value is 2x10 to the negative 14th power. Which makes salicylic acid a somewhat strong acid.
Most of the time it is salicylic (sp?) acid. Depending on the product.
Salicylic acid has a pKa of 1.96 and acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) has a pKa of 3.48. Therefore salicylic acid is the stronger acid.