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.
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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.
