- This product has a restricted and strong odor similar to the Pyrola .When used as a spice, it is usually used as an excipient for cavity medicine and paint in pharmaceutical preparations. It is also used in general flavors, such as the blending of spices such as Osmanthus. Other oral medications such as chewing gum and mouthwash are also used. Methyl salicylate is also used as a solvent and intermediate for the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, fragrances, coatings, cosmetic, inks and fiber dyeing agent.
- It is often used as an excipient for oral medicines and paints in pharmaceutical preparations. It is also used in general flavors, such as the blending of spices such as Pavilion and other 11 kinds of drugs such as chewing gum and mouthwash. It is also used as a solvent and intermediates such as pharmaceutical pesticides and fungicides.
- 3. It also can be used in daily flavors such as acacia, tuberose, ylang,especially in toothpaste, oral cleansers, and often used in Food flavors such as strawberry, grape and vanilla.
Method of synthesis:
- Collect the branches and leaves of the azalea (commonly known as holly) tree of the rhododendron family, and extract the holly oil by steam distillation.
The holly branches and leaves are chopped and dipped in steam to distill the steam, and the oil and water are separated from the holly oil.
Refining method: vacuum fractionation, collecting the middle distillate without water and acid.
- Add salicylic acid to the reactor , add excessive methanol, add the catalyst sulfuric acid after stirring, and heat to react. After the reaction is completed, wash with water until neutral. Distill again, first steam out methanol and residual water at atmospheric pressure, and then vacuum distillation to collect the distillate.
3.Separate methyl salicylate from natural essential oils by fractional distillation.
