Salicylic acid will reach with methanol (CH3OH), and form methyl salicylate. This is another esterification reaction, only this reaction occurs with the carboxylic acid group (-COOH), not the alcohol (-OH) group on salicylic acid. Draw the reaction, circle the ester group in the product. Make sure the reaction is balanced (there is a second product.)

C7H603   +    CH3OH --> C8H803  + H2O

Balanced equation with corresponding stoichiometric numbers.

Explanation:

the salicylic acid, also called aspirin, when reacting with methanol produced an irreversible reaction giving methyl salicylate and water

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