MF: C7H6O2 MW: 122.12 EINECS: 201-961-0 Melting point 1-2 °C(lit.) Boiling point 197 °C(lit.) density 1.146 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) vapor density 4.2 (vs air) vapor pressure 1 mm Hg ( 33 °C) FEMA 3004 refractive index n20/D 1.573(lit.) Fp 170 °F Water Solubility slightly soluble Chemical Properties： colourless to yellow oily liquid with a bitter almond odour Liquid; colorless or pale yellow; bitter almond odor. Sinks and mixes slowly in water. Usage: Salicylaldehyde is a spice, is also a very wide range of organic synthesis intermediates. In drug synthesis commonly used in the synthesis of salicylic acid hydrazine (Salinazid), benzbromarone (Benzbromarone) and acetaminophenoxone. Manufacture: By phenol and chloroform in sodium hydroxide solution obtained. Improved preparation method is o-cresol and phosphorus oxychloride or phosgene reaction, and then obtained by hydrolysis. Salicylic acid can also be reduced by electrolysis or by salicylic acid halide catalytic reduction in the system.
