You carry out tlc on silica gel of a mixture of compound A and B. Using a mobile phase of hexane 50% and acetone 50% the Rf values of were A 0.15, B 0.2, and the spots were overlapping. What change would you make to the solvent composition to improve the separation? Explain.

Answer 1

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