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Question : Aspirin is an acetylation product of ______ ? (1) p-dihydroxybenzene. (2) o-hydroxybenzoic acid. (3) o-dihydroxybenzene. (4) m-hydroxybenzoic acid. Answer : In all above four options the correct answer is “(2) o-hydroxybenzoic acid. ” Explanation of answer : When acetylation reaction happed with o-Hydroxybenzoic acid than after the acetylation reaction the 2-acetoxybenzoic acid product is resultant , and the resultant product named 2-acetoxybenzoic acid is also called by name aspirin. The acetylation reaction of  o-hydroxybenzoic acid is shown in figure below –   that why the correct of question […]