Order the three compounds from least to most polar. Which of these compounds should have the smallest Rf value? If you had to choose only one solvent system to use to separate these three compounds, which would give the most efficient separation? What makes ethyl acetate a suitable or unsuitable solvent?

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Order the three compounds from least to most polar.

Which of these compounds should have the smallest Rf value?

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

What makes ethyl acetate a suitable or unsuitable solvent?
 

 

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