Methyl Salicylate
Basic information of methyl salicylate
Chemical Name: 2-Hydroxy-Benzoicacimethylester
Chemical Formula: C7H6O3
Physicochemical properties of methyl salicylate
Colorless or yellowish oily liquid
Melting point: -8.6℃, boiling point: 223.6℃
Relative density: 1.1738, refractive index: 1.5369
Can be miscible with ethanol and glacial acetic acid, soluble in ether and chloroform and slightly soluble in water
Specifications of methyl salicylate(BP98/USP24/26 standard)
Appearance: Colorless or yellowish liquid
Content: ≥ 99.0-100.5%
Acidity: ml 「0.1mol/LNaOH」/ 5.0g Sample ≤ 0.4
Relative density :1.180-1.186
Refractive index: 1.535-1.538
Heavy metals: ≤ 0.002% (20ppm)
Solubility: Can be miscible with and dissolvable in ethanol
Use of methyl salicylate
Methyl salicylate is used as aromatizing agent of buccal medicine and agentia or solvents and intermediates.
It is also can be used in the manufacture of pesticides, perfume, coating, cosmetics, printing ink and fiber dyeing assistant.
Packaging of methyl salicylate
Packed in a gray polyethylene plastic bucket, 25 kg/bucket (net weight); or a big plastic bucket and a bucket with plastic inside and iron outside, 200 kg/bucket
Storage of methyl salicylate
Store in a dark container in a closed, dry and cool place
Methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen or wintergreen oil) is an organic ester naturally produced by many species of plants, particularly wintergreens. The compound was first extracted and isolated from plant species Gaultheria procumbens in 1843. It can be manufactured synthetically and it used as a fragrance, in foods, beverages, and liniments. It forms a colorless to yellow or reddish liquid and exhibits a characteristic odor and taste of wintergreen. For acute joint and muscular pain, methyl salicylate is used as a rubefacient and analgesic in deep heating liniments. It is used as a flavoring agent in chewing gums and mints in small concentrations and added as antiseptic in mouthwash solutions.
IUPAC
methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate
SMILES
COC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1O