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TITLE: MAKING ASPIRIN. AIM: My aim in this experiment is to know the different methods used in making aspirin, the most suitable methods in making it, the apparatus needed in making the aspirin, the procedures and methods used in making aspirin. After this, I will be performing an experiment in the laboratory on making aspirin, using the most suitable method and I will also be looking at the evaluation. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. HISTORY OF ASPIRIN. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a simple molecule first synthesized in Germany 150 years ago. Its pain-relieving properties were recognized and exploited commercially 100 years ago. In the last 50 years, aspirin has been shown to have remarkable antithrombotic benefits. Aspirin's antithrombotic effect is mediated by inhibition of blood platelets. The drug blocks a platelet enzyme, cyclo-oxygenase, by acetylating the enzyme's active site. Inhibition of the enzyme blocks production of an important prothrombotic agent known as thromboxane A2. Thromboxane A2 causes...

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