Structure
At the core of the acetaminophen structure, you will find a benzene ring and a hydroxyl group. The ring itself is pretty highly reactive but because the ring is well filled the reactivity decreases. Acetaminophen is a naturally-occurring phase of acetaminophen is as a solid. The melting point is between 169 and 172 Celsius. There is no boiling point because acetaminophen disintegrates instead of boiling. The compound does not burn easily when exposed to oxygen or high temperature because of the amount of energy stored in the compound versus the energy in the reactant. In order to create a flame the The stronger the bonds between the atoms the harder it is to get fuel into the gas phase and the higher the activation energy is, which is the energy that protects the compound from the combustion process. There are many bonds in acetaminophen as well as different types of bonds, which makes the compound very strong and the reason why it is so hard get acetaminophen to catch fire.
How it is Created
The first version of acetaminophen was created by Harmon Northrop Morse in 1873 by reducing p-nitrophenol with tin in a substance called glacial acetic acid.
Acetaminophen is a compound synthesized by humans. Acetaminophen carries dark impurities that are created by oxidation of the starting material called paminophenol. Most of the colored impurity is destroyed when the natural state of acetaminophen is heated by sodium dithionite. This compound reduces the double bonds in the dye that then creates the colorless form. The decolorized acetaminophen is collected on a Shanbhag Acetaminophen 2006 Hirsch funnel and then further purified by a Craig tube using a micro scale crystallization technique. After all that, you finally have what we call acetaminophen and what is found in many of our painkillers.