Aspirin is one of the world’s most common drugs and one of the most frequently synthesised organic molecules in post-16 chemistry courses (see Box 1 and CHEMISTRY REVIEW, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 2–5).
A possible method for this procedure is set out below. But why are the instructions the way they are? What is the science behind this esterification reaction? Let us investigate.
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