2-acetoxybenzoic acid is called :

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Concept:

Antibiotic	Aspirin	Antiseptic	Mordant Dyes
Antibiotics are medicines that fight against the bacteria in our body.	Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It was the first of this class of drugs to be discovered. Aspirin, chemically known as acetylsalicylic acid.	Antiseptics and disinfectants are also the chemicals that either kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms.	It is a type of dye of acids. They have a chelating site vacant which they can use to bind with metal salts forming chelates.
Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered by Alexnder Fleming in 1928, obtained from Penicillium Notatum (a type of fungus).	It is used as a medication to treat pain, fever, or inflammation. The Chemical formula of Aspirin is C₉H₈O₄.	Antiseptics are applied to the living tissues such as wounds, cuts, ulcers, and diseased skin surfaces. Examples are furacine, soframicine, etc.	Examples of mordant dyes are an alum, tannic acid, chrome alum, sodium chloride.

Explanation:

2-acetoxybenzoic acid is commonly known as aspirin.
It is prepared by the reaction of acetylation of salicylic acid. It can be achieved by the reaction of salicylic acid with acetic acid in presence of catalyst acids.
However, the yield is low when acetic acid is used and it can be replaced by acetic anhydride which gives a comparatively much higher yield.
The acetylation of the phenol group of salicylic acid occurs giving the product Acetylsalicylic acid commonly known as aspirin.
The reaction is:

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