Presented by Group 2 -Mohamad Afdal -Citra Dewi -Eunike Agnes -Armila Sigani Chemistry Of Aspirin
Introduce About Aspirin Aspirin was the first drug to come in common usage and it is still widely used in the world. It is a pain-reliever that reduces fewer and is an inhibitor of platelet aggregation. It is an ingredient in a large pain-relieving and cold/flu preparations.
Chemical Process As the active ingredient in aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid works by going throughseveral different chemical processes within the body, including the natural physiological processes causing pain and inflammation.
Preparation Of Aspirin Aspirin is prepared by the synthesis from acetylic acid. Nowadays doctors use aspirin in small daily doses to prevent diseases such as heart attack, stroke and the blindness and kidney damage suffered by many patients with diabetes.
Synthesis Of Aspirin The synthesis of aspirin is classified as an esterification reaction. This is a substitution reaction is a reaction where an alcohol (the OH- group from salicylic acid) reacts with an acid to form an ester acetylsalicylic acid (ASA).