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Who synthesised aspirin in 1897?

Correct answer B. Felix Hoffmann

Explanation

Felix Hoffmann, a chemist at Bayer, produced a pure, stable form of acetylsalicylic acid in 1897, which Bayer sold as aspirin from 1899.

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