A: Order the three compounds from least to most polar   B: Which of these compounds should have the smallest Rf value? acetylferrocene diacetylferrocene ferrocene C: If you had to choose only one solvent system to use to separate these three compounds, which would give the most efficient separation? none of these are suitable for a column ethyl acetate 1:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate hexanes

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The information for this set is based off of the column separation of ferrocene and acetylferrocene.
 
A: Order the three compounds from least to most polar
 
B: Which of these compounds should have the smallest Rf value?

acetylferrocene

diacetylferrocene

ferrocene

C: If you had to choose only one solvent system to use to separate these three compounds, which would give the most efficient separation?

none of these are suitable for a column

ethyl acetate

1:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate

hexanes

Fe
Fe
Fe
ferrocene
acetylferrocene
1,1'-diacetylferrocene
Transcribed Image Text:Fe Fe Fe ferrocene acetylferrocene 1,1'-diacetylferrocene
----
--+-----
ethyl acetate
1:1 hexanes/
hехanes
ethyl acetate
Transcribed Image Text:---- --+----- ethyl acetate 1:1 hexanes/ hехanes ethyl acetate
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