9. Based on your work with benzoic acid, show the reaction between salicylic acid and potassium hydroxide. Label the acid, base, conjugate acid and conjugate base.

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9 October, 15:21

9. Based on your work with benzoic acid, show the reaction between salicylic acid and potassium hydroxide. Label the acid, base, conjugate acid and conjugate base.

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Amir Velasquez · Answer 1

Salicylic Acid:

Salicylic Acid is an hydroxy acid that is found as a natural compound in plants. It's IUPAC name is 2-hydroxybenzoic acid. Salicylic acid has an odorless white to light tan solid color. It sinks and mixes very slow with water.

Acid: An acid is a substance that produce hydrogen ion or proton when dissolved in water

Base: A base is a substance that will neutralize an acid to yield salt and water

Conjugate Base: This is a substance formed when an acid loses an hydrogen ion or proton when it dissolved in water.

Conjugate Acid: This is a substance formed when a base accept a proton from from any acid, when it dissolved in water.

Reaction between salicylic acid and potassium hydroxide

HOC₆H₄COOH (aq) + KOH (aq) ⇄ HOC₆H₄COOK (aq) + H₂O (l)

Acid ⇒ HOC₆H₄COOH (salicylic acid)

Base ⇒ KOH (potassium hydroxide)

Conjugate acid ⇒ H₂O (water)

conjugate base ⇒ HOC₆H₄COOK (2-hydroxypotasium benzoate)