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 :
- they are colorlesss and odourless at room temperature.
- boiling point is 211°C and melting point is 315°C
- they are poorly soluble in water
- its saturated solution has pH of 2.4
- the chemical properties are:
- acytylation of hydroxy group in salicylic acid gives acytylsalicylic acid which is used as aspirin.