Aspirin
material · 1897 · Electric age
Acetylsalicylic acid (Hoffmann, Bayer).
Inventors: Raffaele Piria, Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Arthur Eichengrün.
Principles and materials it uses
- Chemical reaction — uses. It is synthesized by acetylating salicylic acid.
- Coal — is made of. The raw materials of early pharmaceutical synthesis were products of coal tar distillation.
- Tablet (medicine) — uses. Produced as tablets.