Methyl salicylate

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Methyl salicylate is the wintergreen smell. One step from salicylic acid: heat with methanol and a drop of sulfuric acid, and the carboxylic acid esterifies. The molecule has two -OH groups, but only the carboxylic acid one reacts under Fischer conditions; the phenol just sits there. That chemoselectivity is the whole lesson here.

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Cell id: methyl-salicylate

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