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  4. o -Hydroxybenzoic acid on reaction with acetic anhydride to give a product X and acetic acid. Calculate the total number of π -bonds present in product X .

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Q. $o$ -Hydroxybenzoic acid on reaction with acetic anhydride to give a product $X$ and acetic acid. Calculate the total number of $\pi $ -bonds present in product $X$ .

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Solution:

$o$ -Hydroxybenzoic acid (or salicylic acid) on acetylation yields aspirin. It contains $5\pi $ - bonds.
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