A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/What's in a Medicine?



What's in a Medicine? is the sixth unit in the Salters Advanced Chemistry course.

Chemical Storylines sections

 * WM1 The development of modern ideas about medicines
 * WM2 Medicines from nature
 * WM3 Identifying the active chemical from willow bark
 * WM4 Instrumental analysis
 * WM5 The synthesis of salicylic acid and aspirin
 * WM6 Delivering the product
 * WM7 The miraculous medicine
 * WM8 Development and safety testing of medicines
 * WM9 Summary

Chemical Ideas sections

 * 2.1 A simple model of the atom (revision)
 * 3.5 Geometric isomerism (revision)
 * 6.4 Infrared spectroscopy
 * 6.5 Mass spectrometry
 * 13.2 Alcohols and ethers (revision)
 * 13.3 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
 * 13.4 The –OH group in alcohols, phenols and acids
 * 13.5 (part b) Esters

Activities

 * WM1 The origins and development of the modern pharmaceutical industry
 * WM2 Extraction of salicylic acid
 * WM3 Investigating the chemistry of the –OH group in various environments
 * WM4 Interpretation of the mass spectrum of salicylic acid
 * WM5.1 A preparation of aspirin
 * WM5.2 Using spectroscopy
 * WM6 An aspirin assay
 * WM8 Which product should a pharmaceutical company develop?
 * WM9 Check your notes on What’s in a Medicine?