Thursday 20 November 2014

ASPIRIN Quiz


The chemical name of aspirin is  acetylsalicylic acid . Aspirin has the following chemical structure.

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Please answer the questions below:
i) Which characteristic groups are there in the mole of aspirin?
  1. carboxyl and carbonyl
  2. hydroxyl and carbonyl
  3. carboxyl and ester
  4. hydroxyl and ester

ii) Aspirin is   chemical compound
  1. acyclic
  2. aromatic
  3. alicyclic
  4. heterocyclic

iii) The chemical formula of aspirin is    C…..H.....O..…( complete the formula)

iv) Aspirin relieves
  1. stoachache
  2. headache


v) Aspirin was discovered by
  1. Heppocrates in 4o century B.C.
  2. French scientist Charles Gerhardt in 1853
  3. Felix Hoffman, in 1897, at Bayer laboratories

8 comments:

  1. 1) carboxyl and ester
    2) acyclic
    3) C8H8O4
    4) headache
    5)Felix Hoffman, in 1897, at Bayer laboratories

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  2. i) 3.Carboxyl and ester
    ii) 2.aromatic
    iii) C8H8O4
    iv) 2.headache
    v) 3.Felix Hoffman, in 1897, at Bayer laboratories

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  3. I) carboxyle & hester
    II)
    III)C9H8O4
    IV)headache
    V) Felix Hoffman

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  4. i)3
    ii)1
    iii)C9H8O4
    iv)2
    v)3

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  5. I) 3.
    II)1.
    III) C9H8O4
    IV)2.
    V)3.

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  6. i) 4
    ii)1
    iii)C9H8O4
    iv)2
    v)3

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