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title: "Pre-lab worksheet: aspirin Template | MolDraw"
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description: "Pre-lab worksheet: aspirin template: Preparation of aspirin from salicylic acid and acetic anhydride (H₃PO₄ catalyst): reaction scheme, a reagent table to…"
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# Pre-lab worksheet: aspirin template

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Preparation of aspirin from salicylic acid and acetic anhydride (H₃PO₄ catalyst): reaction scheme, a reagent table to fill in (M, mass, mmol, equiv), limiting reagent and theoretical yield, hazards, four short questions and a separate answer key.

## What the template shows

- Pre-lab worksheet: preparation of aspirin
- Complete before the practical: the reagent table, the yield questions and the safety notes
- Reaction scheme
- salicylic acid
- acetic anhydride
- acetic acid
- Reagent table (fill in)
- Amount used
- phosphoric acid (85 %)
- aspirin (product)
- Yield questions
- 1. Which reagent is limiting? Show the mole comparison.
- 2. Calculate the theoretical yield of aspirin in grams.
- 3. A student isolates 2.05 g of dry aspirin (example value). Calculate the percentage yield.
- corrosive (burns skin, eyes), lachrymator, flammable liquid
- fume hood, gloves and goggles; dispense from the bottle in the hood
- phosphoric acid, 85 %
- goggles and gloves; dilute spills with water
- harmful if swallowed; serious eye damage
- goggles; avoid dust
- harmful if swallowed
- do not taste the product
- Short questions
- 1. What is the role of the phosphoric acid?

Drawn with 34 atoms, 1 arrow, 38 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw.

## Sources

- [Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., Longman 1989](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780582462366) Textbook
- [NCERT, Laboratory Manual Chemistry, Class XII](https://ncert.nic.in/) Textbook

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