Questions
1. What is acetylation? Into what general class of reactions does acetylation fall?
2. How does the structure of salicylic acid differ from that of benzoic acid?
3. What is buffered aspirin? Why is buffered aspirin used?
4a. Compare the structural formulas of salicylic acid and aspirin and determine which functional group in organic chemistry gives a positive test with FeC13?
4b. How might the FeC13 test be useful in the preparation of a large-scale batch of aspirin?
On a long standing, an opened bottle of aspirin will develop an odor of vinegar. What causes this to happen?
A regular dose aspirin contains 325 mg of aspirin. How many aspirin tablets could be made from the aspirin prepared?