2-acetoxybenzoic+acid

=** Aspirin **= = =

= General information- = IUPAC name- 2-acetoxybenzoic acid

Molar mass- 180.157 g/ mol Formula name- C9H8O4 Melting point- 136* C Boiling point- 140* C  Density- 1.40 g/cm3

= Background - = In 1763, Edward Stone isolated the active ingredient of aspirin in his discovery of salicylic acid. In 1853 a french chemist named, Charles Frederic Gerhardt, was the first person to prepare acetysalicylic acid. He eventually mixed it with acetyl chloride with a sodium salt, and a vigorous reaction. Later many people experimented with it and got the same results, pure acetylsalicylic acid. In 1897 chemists at Bayer made a synthetic version of the real pure acetylsalicylic acid that was less harsh on your stomach. It was now named aspirin.

=** Where is it found?- **= It is found without a prescription on store shelves.

= Uses- = It is used to treat many things including acute pain, fevers, rheumatic fever and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Aspirin has also been shown to greatly reduce the risk of a heart attack or the risk of stroke in some cases.

** References- **
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin https://www.google.com/#q=aspirin __Pictures-__ http://www.techtimes.com/articles/9261/20140626/a-little-aspirin-may-help-ward-off-pancreatic-cancer.htm http://wtt-pro.nist.gov/wtt-pro/index.html?cmp=2-acetoxybenzoic_acid

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