Laboratory Techniques in Organic Chemistry
Laboratory Techniques in Organic Chemistry
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781464134227
Author: Jerry R. Mohrig, David Alberg, Gretchen Hofmeister, Paul F. Schatz, Christina Noring Hammond
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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The CAS number of all the reagents used and products synthesized in the reaction to synthesize the aspirin should be determined.

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CAS numberis simple and regular datathat is helpful for database searches. They provide a reliable link to every specified substance apartfrom the various nomenclatures and disciplines used by the chemical industry. Each number assigned by the CAS is unique to a particular chemical compound. There is no correlation to the scientific chemical number for the substance.

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