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Write steps to carry out the conversion of phenol to aspirin.

 

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The most common method of preparing aspirin is reacting salicylic acid with acetic anhydride. Reacting phenol with CO_{2} and NaOH yields salicylic acid. The name of the reaction is Kolbe's reaction. Later in the reaction, the acetylation of -OH group takes place by replacing hydrogen with an acetyl group.

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