Anjali Ahuja
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Hello Srijan
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Salicylic acid is
biosynthesized (In vivo) from the amino acid phenylalanine.
Sodium salicylate is
commercially(In vivo) prepared by treating sodium phenolate (the sodium salt of phenol) with carbon dioxide at high pressure (100 atm) and high temperature (390K) -a method known as the
Kolbe-Schmitt reaction. Acidification of the product with sulfuric acid gives salicylic acid:
