Asked by Sasha
I spotted a commercial TLC plate, coated with silica gel, with a pure benzoin solution. After running the TLC plate in methylene chloride, the benzoin separated into two different spots. Rf values are 0.6 and 0.9. What explains this? A pure material should have only one spot that travels, should it not?
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Answered by
DrBob222
Here is a link. Pay attention to the S and R enantiomers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoin
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