Oil of winter green is :

an ester

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a carboxylic acid

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an alcohol

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a ketone

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Solution

The correct option is A an ester

As the structure shown contains ester functional group.

Oil of wintergreen is an ester. The major component of oil of winter green is methyl salicylate (about 98%).

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