Question

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.)

Answer 1

C7H603 + CH3OH --> C8H803 + H2O

Balanced equation with corresponding stoichiometric numbers.

Step-by-step explanation:

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