Raffaele Piria (Scilla 20 August 1814 – Turin 18 July 1865) was an Italian chemist from Scilla, who lived in Palmi. He converted the substance Salicin into a sugar and a second component, which on oxidation becomes salicylic acid, a major component of the analgesic drug Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid).[1] Other reactions discovered by Piria were the conversion of aspartic acidtomalic acid by action of nitrogen dioxide,[2] and the reaction of aromatic nitro compounds with sulfite towards aminosulfonic acids.[3]
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