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Salicylic acid and sodium hydroxide
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Salicylic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide to form sodium salicylate and water. This is a neutralization reaction where an acid (salicylic acid) reacts with a base (sodium hydroxide) to form a salt (sodium salicylate) and water. The reaction equation is:
C7H6O3 (salicylic acid) + NaOH (sodium hydroxide) → C7H5NaO3 (sodium salicylate) + H2O (water)
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