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    Experiment 1 Synthesis of Acetaminophen Clifford Tse 20529845 Partner – Raminder Dhanoa TA – Xiao Qi CHEM 123L - 012 February 6‚ 2014 Introduction Acetaminophen‚ also commonly known as Tylenol‚ is an over-the-counter medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fevers. Within this experiment‚ Acetaminophen will be formed through the reaction between p-aminophenol and acetic anhydride. This reaction will incur Acetaminophen as a crude solid being impure‚ which will be purified further through

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    Introduction: Acetaminophen is a commonly used analgesic‚ which is essentially just a medicine that relieves pain (Prescott‚ 2000). Acetaminophen is created by synthesizing p-Aminophenol with Acetic anhydride. This reaction occurs when the amine group of the p-aminophenol is acetylated by the acetic anhydride. The resultant is an amide functional group (Ellis‚ 2002). However‚ the product that is obtained from this product is a crude solid which cannot be used as an analgesic and therefore the crude

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    incompatible with Montag with every electronic gadget that enters her house‚ she fills her waking hours with manic drives in the beetle and by watching a TV clown‚ who distracts her from her real feelings and leads her nearly to suicide from a drug overdose. Unwilling and unable to analyze rationally‚ she lives a shallow life in a technological chamber of horrors. She distances herself from real emotion by identifying with "the family‚" a three-dimensional fiction in which she plays a scripted part

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    substance unlike cocaine‚ crystal meth‚ or even cigarettes. And alcohol is not even a natural substance. It is not bad. There is no record of marijuana ever killing anyone except people who drive under the influence. But no one has ever died from a drug overdose from marijuana. Or someone ever overdosing from it. I believe that if everyone where to use it there would be less fights. One downside is that it’s worse for your lungs but I believe we can make it better like we do with everything else. Marijuana

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    bleeding • Vomiting blood or which resembles coffee grounds • Headaches • Weakness • Dizziness Once a patient detects the above-listed signs of Heparin overdose‚ it’s crucial to visit a hospital to seek treatment‚ if medical attention is not given‚ the situation may be life threatening. What is the treatment of Heparin overdose? The medical care provider will give protamine sulfate through slow infusion. The amount of administered will depend on the excess Heparin taken. Normally‚ 100 units

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    Drug Overdoses: A Case Study

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    In 2013‚ there were approximately 44‚000 deaths related to drug related overdoses. Approximately 16‚000 of those deaths were caused by drug overdoses attributed to prescription pain-medications‚ such as Vicodin‚ hydrocodone‚ and OxyContin (Volkow‚ 2016). Because of this‚ the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) stepped in‚ and implemented new regulations that would limit the availability of prescription pain medication (Cherny‚ 2010; Satel‚ 2004). The new regulations restrict the amount of pain-medications

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    Some consumers want to know if acetaminophen dissolves faster in the form of tablets‚ gelcaps‚ or caplets in order to get the fastest pain relief. The purpose of this experiment was to find out which of the three tested forms of acetaminophen would dissolve the most over a time period ten minutes. The hypothesis stated that the tablets would dissolve the most over the ten minutes. The hypothesis was tested by dropping ten of each of the forms of the acetaminophen into two thirds a cup of boiling

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    Small samples of acetaminophen‚ acetylsalicylic acid‚ cellulose‚ starch‚ and caffeine were obtained. These samples were then placed into seperate sets of test tubes that contained water‚ acetone‚ or dichloroethane. Solubilities were then tested for each sample in each solution which can be seen in Table 5. Next‚ four random pills were obtained and weights were taken of each. Each of the pills were grinded up using a separate mortar and pestle. The grinded up pills were then weighed. The grinded

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    Drug Store Items Knowns Rf Values Aspirin .91 cm Acetaminophen .85 cm Ascorbic Acid .86 cm Unknown .97 cm Identity of unknown mixture Acetaminophen Analysis of Paprika Pigments Spot Number Rf Color 1 1 Red-orange 2 1 Red-orange Calculations A. Analysis of Paprika picture sample B. Flower sample for paper chromatography Analysis of Drug Store Items Knowns Rf Values= a/f Aspirin 7.0/7.7= .91 cm Acetaminophen 7.7/7.7= 1 cm Ascorbic Acid 6.6/7.7= .86 cm Unknown

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    [pic] “Mona Lisa Overdose” by Luis Lorenzana Oil on canvas An art critique done by: Paolo Alilam Aldwin Hernia JV Valdez Patrick Vinasoy 4G Analysis By Aldwin Hernia Using the different elements of art‚ the artist organized the elements to provoke a feeling of puzzlement and surprise to the audience. The Mona Lisa‚ being a famous painting‚ was distorted in a way that it projects a different

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