In Aspirin lab preparation a student used 69.0 g of salicylic acid and 30.0 g of  acetic anhydride. Write the general balanced equation and calculate the reaction  efficiency, if the pure aspirin was 0.25 mole. Why did you use phosphoric acid in  the reaction?

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In Aspirin lab preparation a student used 69.0 g of salicylic acid and 30.0 g of 
acetic anhydride. Write the general balanced equation and calculate the reaction 
efficiency, if the pure aspirin was 0.25 mole. Why did you use phosphoric acid in 
the reaction?

 

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