5. Analysis (8 pts) Discussion of the Aspirin product including

a) The calculated percent yield (show all work) of your aspirin product and comments on its purity based on the literature melting point and literature IR spectrum. Label all major peaks in the IR spectrum of your aspirin product.

b) How close does your spectrum match to the literature spectrum of aspirin? What are the differences in the two spectra, and how do you explain them? You may find the literature IR spectrum of aspirin at the following website: Spectral Database for Organic Compounds, SDBS

Details about my experiment:

Flask without aspiring crystals weighted: 16.29

Flask with aspiring crystals weigthed:16.72

Melting point: 130- 135

My spectrum data shown below