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What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
« on: May 23, 2011, 07:01:54 pm »
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Reading through my textbook and so confused with all the pathways :S! and i have an aspirin sac coming up soon...
Thanks guys :)
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Re: What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 07:05:31 pm »
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Re: What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 07:47:54 pm »
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Thanks for confirming that :)
Also, I'm trying to think of certain errors that could occur during the production of aspiring.
So far I have thought of:
- slight weighing errors
- loss of substance through weighing/transferring
- inaccurate apparatus
- possiblity that not all ethanoic acid got washed out

thanks for your help :)
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Re: What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2011, 08:14:23 pm »
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Aspirin is slightly soluble, so some of it could have been 'lost' during the filtration process.
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Re: What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 09:03:34 pm »
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Quote from: Vincezor on May 23, 2011, 08:14:23 pm
Aspirin is slightly soluble, so some of it could have been 'lost' during the filtration process.
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Re: What type of chemical reaction takes place when making aspirin?
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