A student carrying out the aspirin synthesis as described in the lab manual started with 1.97 g of salicylic acid and reacted it with 2.50 mL of acetic anhydride (density = 1.082 g/mL) and 5 drops of 18 M sulfuric acid. What are the amounts of salicylic acid and acetic anhydride reacting?

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0.0143 mol salicylic acid; 0.0265 mol acetic anhydride

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0.0193 mol salicylic acid; 0.0196 mol acetic anhydride

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0.0157 mol salicylic acid; 0.0265 mol acetic anhydride

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