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Aspirin

NSAID; COX inhibitor

Medicine
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Structure

Formula
C9H8O4
Molecular weight
180.16 g/mol
Heavy atoms
13
Total atoms
21
Composition
C ×9 H ×8 O ×4
SMILES
CC(=O)Oc1ccccc1C(=O)O
Class Drug

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🎬 Story

Aspirin: Bark, Bayer, and a Two-Carbon Acetyl Group

Hippocrates chewed willow bark for fever. 2300 years later, a chemist at Bayer added a two-carbon acetyl group to the active ingredient. The result is the most-consumed drug in human history.