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Current Organic Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1385-2728
ISSN (Online): 1875-5348

The Importance of – and the Adherence to – Clear Scientific Definitions in the Chemical Literature

Author(s): Sigthor Petursson

Volume 17, Issue 15, 2013

Page: [1655 - 1658] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990019

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Abstract

The paper discusses the misuse of two familiar chemical words in the chemical literature, namely hydrolysis and catalysis. The splitting of the acetate ester linkage in acetylsalicylic acid or aspirin, which has different mechanisms according to the pH of the solution is used as an example.

Keywords: Esters, Catalysis, Textbooks.


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