Teste dein Wissen mit Aufgaben aus der ChemieOlympiade!: Schmerz lass nach! (Teil II)

Test your knowledge with challenges from the International ChemistryOlympiad!: Take the pain away! (II)

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ByKlaus Ruppersberg, Milena Tosheva, Sabine Nick, Renate Peper-Bienzeisler
Original languageGerman
Published inChemie konkret - Forum für Unterricht und Didaktik, 25(1)
Pages39-40
Editor (Publisher)Wiley
ISSN0944-5846, 1521-3730
DOI/Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ckon.201880171 (Open Access)
Publication statusPublished – 01.2018

In most medicine cabinets, sometimes even in the glove compartment of the car, or in many handbags, at least one of the four most common over-the-counter painkillers can be found. In order of the total sales, they are ibuprofen (46%), acetylsalicylic acid (also called ASA or Aspirin®, partially combined with vitamin C, caffeine, etc.; 29%), paracetamol (11%), and diclofenac (7%). Although, chemically, they are all very similar, they can be easily distinguished between with the following experiments.