My Extended Project- The Synthesis of Aspirin

During this process I mind mapped ideas of possible projects, and they varied from the research of a neurodegenerative disease (such as Asperger's); to the synthesis of ibuprofen; and to my current topic the synthesis of aspirin.

During this time I prepared myself for the aspirin synthesis and the trip to Leicester University to finalize the experiment by testing the products made in the NMR machine.

During the trip I used an NMR machine to test 2 types of Aspirin, the Aspirin I synthesised and boots aspirin to compare their purities.