Aspirin Lab Day 1

Today in class we completed our first day of the Aspirin lab. Out of the steps required for the lab we have completed the following:

1. We have combined the 5g of salicylic acid with the 7mL of acidic anhydride and then adding the 8 drops of sulfuric acid to the mix
2. We then heated the mixture by submerging the flask that it was in into a beaker than contained boiling water. This lasted for 15 minutes
3. After letting the mixture cool for 3 minutes we added 15mL of ice cold water and stirred the combination

All of this took place during day one and the last of the experiment will take place tomorrow, using our ready aspirin solution. 

Here is a link to the full procedure:

http://www.chem.latech.edu/~deddy/chem104/104Aspirin.htm

Here is a picture of our solution during step 2 as the flask was being heated: