Two common pain relievers, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and acetaminophen are shown below. identify the functional groups in b

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Two common pain relievers, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and acetaminophen are shown below. identify the functional groups in b

oth. acetylsalicylic acid acetaminophen

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nignag [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-04T16:16:43+03:00

The functional groups are written in the pictures attached. The first picture is aspirin. The functional groups are carboxylic group(O=COH), ester (O=COR), and aromatic group (benzene ring), where R is any hydrocarbon chain. The second picture is acetaminophen. The functional groups are amide group (O=CNHR), hydroxyl group (ROH) and aromatic group (benzene ring).