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How can phenol be converted to aspirin ?

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Phenol is first converted salicylic acid which upon acetylation gives asirin. This can be done by both Reimer Tiemann Reaction and Kolbe's Schmidt Reaction. For details, consult section 16
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How will you convert phenol into aspirin ?

Phenol can be converted into salicyclic acid by :

Phenol can be converted into salicyclic acid by heating with :