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Answer:

Salicylic acids are clear white needle shaped crystal in room temperature and are used in pharmaceutical industries to produce analgesic.

Explanation:

  • Salicylic acids are aromatic organic compound also known as monohydroxybenzoic acid which is lipophilic in nature.
  • the physical properties are :
  1. they are colorlesss and odourless at room temperature.
  2. boiling point is 211°C and melting point is 315°C
  3. they are poorly soluble in water
  4. its saturated solution has pH of 2.4
  • the chemical properties are:
  1. acytylation of hydroxy group in salicylic acid gives acytylsalicylic acid which is used as aspirin.