Is Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) chiral or achiral?
1 Answer
Feb 13, 2017
Aspirin is achiral.
Explanation:
Aspirin, pictured, has no chiral centres and planar symmetry. It cannot support optical isomerism.
The range of pharmological activity of this substance, and its ease of synthesis (which includes its LACK of optical activity), truly makes it a wonder drug.
