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Name: Suzanne Varughese Section: L16 TA: Baily Morton TLC Post Lab 1. Data Collection - make a table of Rf values for each of the solvent systems that were tested (solvent system/ Rf value for ferrocene / Rf value for acetylferrocene). You do not need to show your work for the Rf values. It would be beneficial to add any pictures you may have to provide context for abnormal results (example - 100% ethyl acetate would NOT give any Rf values below 0.5). EA (ethyl acetate) Group # 1 (0mL heptane, 10mL EA) Rf value for ferrocene (mL) Rf value for acetylferrocene (mL) 0 0.969 0 0.909 0 0.951 Group # 2 (2mL heptane, 8mL EA) Rf value for ferrocene (mL) Rf value for acetylferrocene (mL) 0.824 0.971 0.847 0.969 0.791 0.940 Group # 3 (5mL heptane, 5mL EA) Rf value for ferrocene Rf value for acetylferrocene 0.517 0.172 0.903 0.661 0.936 0.696 0.950 0.772 Group # 4 (8mL heptane, 2mL EA) Rf value for ferrocene (mL) Rf value for acetylferrocene (mL) 0.901 0.346 0.857 0.476 0.955 0.591 0.871 0.355 Group # 5 (10mL heptane, 0mL EA) Rf value for ferrocene (mL) Rf value for acetylferrocene (mL) 0.621 0 0.565 0 0.571 0
0.516 0 2. Analysis - which of the solvent systems would be the best choice to separate these two compounds on a column? From the data above, I would choose solvent system from group #4 to be the best choice to separate the two compounds on a column. Looking at the data, it shows that group 4 has a greater separation distance between the Rf values. In group 4 we have 8mL heptane and 2 mL ethyl acetate. Heptane is less polar than ethyl acetate. This polarity allows heptane to travel further and faster on the plate compared to a polar substance. Since we have more heptane in this system, the ferrocene can travel further and faster than acetyl ferrocene. This results in a greater distance between both allowing the separation of the compounds to be better.
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