Making Wintergreen (a minty odor and flavoring)
In this video I will be making Wintergreen, or methyl salicylate, using methanol and salicylic acid. The reaction carried out is known as a Fischer esterification reaction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon - / nilered Discord - / discord NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook - / nilered2 Instagram - / nile.red Twitter - / nilered2 Nile talks about lab safety: • Chemistry is dangerous.

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