wouldn't that give phenol instead
of phenyl acetate ? (although ester hydrolysis would require water,whereas you are referring to alkali fusion)
hunterman ,there is a way to convert salicylic acid to phenol -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rovdf7REEU0 ( this kid claims he got 89% yield ,but both doug and nile red got a yield of 38% and 44%
respectively.Nile red later improved the yield to 51% in another video)
SM procedure -http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=27617
Maybe you could try this for ASA ? the only thing I would be worried about is a fries rearrangement (I know it requires a lewis acid,but still)
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