Problem:
The chemical name for aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid. Aspirin is often used as a pain reliever, fever reducer and to help reduce inflammation. Additionally, aspirin is used to treat cardiovascular episodes. Identify the chemical structure of aspirin and connect its chemistry to the many medicinal properties of aspirin. Discuss how the molecule interacts chemically at the cellular level and how these reactions provide the medical interactions that they do. In other words, explain the chemistry that occurs in our bodies that produces the beneficial reactions we use aspirin to obtain.