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Topic: How can Salicin be converted into Salicylic acid ??  (Read 4261 times)

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Offline saint_john

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How can Salicin be converted into Salicylic acid ??
« on: December 03, 2010, 03:23:42 AM »
What can be used to convert Salicin into Salicylic acid ?
Can anybody explain what reagents would be used and how the mechanism might look like ??
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Re: How can Salicin be converted into Salicylic acid ??
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 08:27:35 AM »
Raffaele Piria [an Italian chemist] did it in  1838.
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