1. Explain what will happen to the (i) yield and (ii) purity, of aspirin if the following steps were modified in its synthesis Modification in Step Yield Explanation Using ethanoic acid in lieu of acetic anhydride Changing from phosphoric acid to sulfuric acid Not heating the mixture in forming the ester Washing the recrystallized product with warm ethanol instead of cold water Opting to filter the recrystallized product using only gravity filtration

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1. Explain what will happen to the (i) yield and (ii) purity, of aspirin if the following steps were modified in
its synthesis
Modification in Step
Yield
Explanation
Using ethanoic acid in lieu of
acetic anhydride
Changing from phosphoric
acid to sulfuric acid
Not heating the mixture in
forming the ester
Washing the recrystallized
product with warm ethanol
instead of cold water
Opting to filter the
recrystallized product using
only gravity filtration
Transcribed Image Text:1. Explain what will happen to the (i) yield and (ii) purity, of aspirin if the following steps were modified in its synthesis Modification in Step Yield Explanation Using ethanoic acid in lieu of acetic anhydride Changing from phosphoric acid to sulfuric acid Not heating the mixture in forming the ester Washing the recrystallized product with warm ethanol instead of cold water Opting to filter the recrystallized product using only gravity filtration
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