Hey guys, today we will be going over the second step in the quest to acetaminophen.

In the previous video I extracted ASA from aspirin pills and now it is time to hydrolyze it to salicylic acid. This will be done by a simple acid-catalyzed ester hydrolysis.

The next step in this process is the decarboxylation to phenol.

Link to UnintentionalChaos procedure: to download the random music I made: Instagram:

Aspirin to Acetaminophen/Paracetamol - Part 2: Conversion of ASA to Salicylic Acid

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