Salicylic Acid

Definition: Salicylic Acid

Salicylic Acid

Noun

1. A white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes.

Specialty Definitions: Salicylic Acid

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	A crystalline phenolic acid, used esp. in the form of salts as an analgesic and antipyretic. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Salicylic acid

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Name salicylic acid acetylsalicylic acid
(aspirin)

Systematic name 2-hydroxybenzoic acid 2-acetoxybenzoic acid

Formula C₆H₄(OH)CO₂H C₆H₄(OCOCH₃)CO₂H

Melting point 159°C (318°F)

Boiling point 211°C (412°F)

Color white, crystalline

Structure

Name	salicylic acid	acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
Systematic name	2-hydroxybenzoic acid	2-acetoxybenzoic acid
Formula	C₆H₄(OH)CO₂H	C₆H₄(OCOCH₃)CO₂H
Melting point	159°C (318°F)
Boiling point	211°C (412°F)
Color	white, crystalline
Structure

Salicylic acid

A colorless, crystalline organic carboxylic acid. It is usually prepared by Kolbe synthesis (aka Kolbe-Schmitt reaction), which works by heating sodium phenolate (the sodium salt of phenol) with carbon dioxide under pressure (100 atm, 125°C), then treating it with sulfuric acid.

Salicylic acid is also found in plants, especially in fruit, in the form of methyl salicylate. It is toxic if digested in large quantities, but in small quantities used as a food preservative and antiseptic in toothpaste. The carboxyl group (-COOH) can react with alcohols, forming several useful esters. The hydroxyl group (-OH) can react with acetic acid to acetylsalicylic acid.

Salicylic acid is the active ingredient in many skin-care products for the treatment of acne. It helps acne by causing skin cells to slough off more readily, preventing pores from clogging up.

Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin)

Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) can be prepared by the esterification of the phenolic hydroxyl group of salicylic acid. It is used in medicine as an analgesic, as an anti-inflammatory agent, and as an antipyretic compound. It is sold under the brand name Aspirin by Bayer AG; see Aspirin for medical information.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Salicylic acid."

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Synonym: Salicylic Acid

Synonym: 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Salicylic Acid

English words defined with "salicylic acid": acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin ♦ Bayer ♦ Empirin ♦ Nitrosalicylic ♦ Oxybenzoic ♦ Phenol acid ♦ Salicyl, Salicylal, salicylate, Salicylide, Spiraeic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "salicylic acid": BALL-MILL OPERATOR ♦ EXTRACTOR-AND-WRINGER OPERATOR ♦ Salicylamides, Salicylates, Salicylic Acids, salicylic-acid blender, salicylism, SUBLIMER. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Salicylic Acid

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Salicylic Acid and Its Salts and Esters: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Salicylic Acid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
salicylic acid	267
acne salicylic acid	6
salicylic acid structure	4
2 salicylic acid	4
melting point of salicylic acid	2
salicylic acid and sulfur	2
salicylic acid side effects	2
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Modern Translations: Salicylic Acid

Language		Translations for "salicylic acid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		aksid salicili. (various references)

Danish		salicylsyre. (various references)

Dutch		salicylzuur. (various references)

Finnish		salisyylihappo. (various references)

French		acide salicylique. (various references)

German		Salicylsaeure. (various references)

Greek		σαλικυλικό οξύ. (various references)

Hebrew		חומצת מלח. (various references)

Hungarian		szalicilsav. (various references)

Italian		acido salicilico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		サリチル酸 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		サリチルさ�". (various references)

Pig Latin		alicylicsay aciday.(various references)

Portuguese		ácido salicílico. (various references)

Spanish		ácido salicílico. (various references)

Swedish		salicylsyra (salicylic). (various references)
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Misspellings: Salicylic Acid

Misspellings
	"Salicylic Acid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: salicyic acid. (additional references)
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Anagrams: Salicylic Acid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-c-d-i-i-i-l-l-s-y"
	-4 letters: alicyclic, cyclicals.
	-5 letters: accidias, cyclical, dicyclic, saccadic.
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