Salicylic acid the OH group is "ortho" to the carboxyl group. It is also known as 2-hydroxybenzoic acid. It is poorly soluble in water (2 g/L at 20 °C). Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid or ASA) can be prepared by the esterification of the phenolic hydroxyl group of salicylic acid with the acetyl group from acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride. Salicylic acid can also be prepared using the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction. Salicylic acid is used as a food preservative, a bactericidal and an antiseptic. Sodium salicylate is a useful phosphor in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral range, with nearly flat quantum efficiency for wavelengths between 10
The Indian in the Cupboard the plastic figurine in the cupboard and locks it with the key, only to discover the following morning that the figurine has come to life as a three-inch tall Iroquois man. After a bewildering first encounter, Omri hastily locks the man back into the cupboard to prevent his discovery while Omri is away at school, only to be crestfallen when he returns home to find the man returned to lifeless plastic. Curious, Omri relocks the figurine in the cupboard and it comes to life once more. Though the tiny man, whose name is Little Bear (Little Bull in some editions),