UNSPSC 51142030: Phenyl salicylate or salol

This classification denotes an analgesic and antipyretic with the molecular formula C13H10O3, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 28A37T47QO, chemically known as 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, phenyl ester but generally known as phenyl salicylate, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 8361. European Medicines Agency schedules Phenyl salicylate in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB14839MIG.

World Health Organization schedules phenyl salicylate in its Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification. SMILES: C1=CC=C(C=C1)OC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2O. SMILES: C1=CC=C(C=C1)OC(=O)C2=CC=CC=C2O.

UNSPSC 51142030 Phenyl salicylate or salol (Commodity tier) does not align with the state and local contracting activity currently posted under this code. The three most recent opportunities—Seminole County's procurement of naloxone and drug deactivation systems, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's direct-to-manufacturer prescription initiative RFI, and the Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance's generic pharmaceutical and OTC product RFP—concern finished pharmaceutical products, pharmacy benefit program administration, and over-the-counter medical supplies, not chemical precursors or salicylate compounds. The code's abstract scope (phenyl salicylate, a pharmaceutical intermediate) does not match the concrete work being solicited. No recent opportunities solicited for phenyl salicylate or salol itself under this UNSPSC code.

The mismatch between code and opportunity suggests either a cataloging error in the state or local procurement platform or that this Commodity code sees no active demand from state and local buyers at present. Business development professionals should verify the code assignment in any RFP or IFB before pursuing opportunities tagged to it, and consider whether related pharmaceutical ingredient or bulk chemical codes (higher in the UNSPSC hierarchy) better describe actual procurement activity in this space.