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You can derive asprin from salicylic acid very easily, I did it during undergrad chemistry 101.

• jk27277 8y ago
  Doing an esterfication and extracting something are still two different things. There is no aspirin tree, even if the pharmacological actions are the same.
  • setquk 8y ago
    Sorry this is probably my bad. I should have clarified this in the original post.
  • astura 8y ago
    So? No need to be unnecessarily pedantic, you knew what they meant.
    • Loughla 8y ago
      When did the "I'll just examine 1 word and be overly pedantic to win an argument" thing start and why?
      • russh 8y ago
        The day grammar was invented.