Talk:Methyl salicylate
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[edit] Suggestion
I'd like to suggest writing a little bit about how Ecstasy tablets (and other drugs) are notoriously cut with Methyl salicylate. If no one is willing, I'm up for the contribution.
-- Anonymous
"Methyl salicylate's odor is nearly indistinguishable from "sour-apple"
- Is this correct? I have smelled a bottle of the pure chemical, and it smells nothing like sour apples. Smells exactly like Wint-O-Green Life Savers® --Joeylawn 05:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Indistinguishable from sour apple! ha, I have never heard anything so silly in my life. I have removed this and other very dubious claims. WaynaQhapaq 09:33, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Looking around the wikipedia site, I researched "salicylic acid", finding the following page...Salicylic Acid. Later on, while researching "Oil of Wintergreen", I came upon methyl salicylate. While the 2 chemical structures are similar, they are not completely the same, even though the methyl salicylate page lists "Salicylic Acid" as one of its alternate names. Is this a mistake, or is methyl salicylate really known as salicylic acid? If it is also known as salicylic acid, and the other page which discusses salicylic acid discusses a totally different organic compound, then perhaps a note should be added to warn readers of the difference between the two. I would add it myself, but I don't have the necessary knowledge to confirm its validity. --RubyDragon 22:54, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- No, this article (Methyl salicylate) says salicylic acid methyl ester is an alternate name. That's all one phrase. Salicylic acid is a different chemical, as you say. —Keenan Pepper 02:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm pretty sure the structure is wrong, I cannot see a methyl anywhere.
-yo
