A Failed Experiment

The first science experiment out of lockdown, woo, just kidding, oh dear, it failed. We tried to make oil of wintergreen and ended up with not oil of wintergreen. The end result was supposed to be some white crystals instead we got a brown liquid. We put the methanol and salicylic acid into the boiling tube, added the sulfuric acid and put it in the water bath over the bunsen burner but got the balance wrong. We would of succeeded if the teacher hadn't messed up the amounts, we could have done it with the right balance. Oil of wintergreen is used in heat muscle rub.