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compound 1 1 methanol benzine compound 2 1 ethyl benzine compound 3 methyl aceta

ID: 1006344 • Letter: C

Question

compound 1 1 methanol benzine

compound 2 1 ethyl benzine

compound 3 methyl acetate

compound 4 benezine with double bond on second and third carbon inside ( dont know the name)

compound 5   2 benzine

compound 6    1 chloro benzine

xompound 7 benzoic acid

compound 8 ethyl amine benezine

1 what general conclusion can you draw about heteroatoms such as N,O and Cl and polarity ?

2 which compound in each pair do you expect to elute first out of a column with a polar stationary phase ?

3 which compound in each pair do you expect to have higher Rf value on a TLC plate ?

draw a diagram that models what happens to compounds 1 and 2 as they travel down a column with a silica gel stationary phase hexane mobile phase methanil mobile phase include drawing of the compound at the begaining middle and end of the elution process

Explanation / Answer

1. Chlorine is least polar and oxygen is most polar.

2. From your question 'pair' is not clear but according to these compounds, polarity order is-

Compound 7 > Compound 1 > Compound 8 > Compound 6 > Compound 3 > Compound 2 > Compound 5 > Compound 4

Comound 2, 4, 5 and 6 will have almost same polarity. Most polar compound will elute at last and least one will elute first.

3. Least polar compound will have higher Rf value on a TLC plate.