diff --git a/main.pdf b/main.pdf index 3e668e4..fdc669a 100644 Binary files a/main.pdf and b/main.pdf differ diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex index 2a0b52b..90a32ea 100644 --- a/main.tex +++ b/main.tex @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ \geometry{margin = 1in} \usepackage{setspace} +\usepackage{chemfig} + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% Reference support %% @@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ \author[1]{Keshav Anand} \affil[1]{Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX, United States} -\title{Acid-Catalyzed Tandem Hydrolysis--Esterification of Acetylsalicylic Acid from Commerical Asprin Tablets to Form Methyl Salicylate} +\title{Acid-Catalyzed Tandem Hydrolysis--Esterification of Acetylsalicylic Acid +from Commerical Asprin Tablets to Form Methyl Salicylate} % Use the \date command for email address(s) of corresponding authors @@ -108,7 +111,23 @@ \section{Introduction} +Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), \ch{C9H8O4}, is a synthetic organic derivative of salicylic acid +and is commonly known as aspirin.\\ +\begin{figure}[ht] + \centering + \vspace{1em} % Adds space above the molecule + \chemfig{*6(-=-(-O-[:-30](=[:-90]O)-[:+30]CH_3)=([:60]-[:90](=[:150]O)-[:30]OH)-=)} + \vspace{1em} % Adds space below the molecule + \caption{Chemical structure of ASA} + \label{fig:asa-structure} +\end{figure} +Commercial aspirin is commonly synthesized from salicylic acid through Eq~\ref{eq:aspirin-syn}, +and the two molecules differ by an ester group (\ch{-OCOCH3}). +\begin{equation} + \ce{C7H6O3 + C4H6O3 ->[H2SO4] C9H8O4 + CH3COOH} + \label{eq:aspirin-syn} +\end{equation} \section{Results and discussion}