What Compound Elutes First?
In Normal-Phase Chromatography, the Least Polar Compounds Elute First and the Most Polar Compounds Elute Last. the Mobile Phase Consists of a Nonpolar Solvent...
In normal-phase chromatography, the least polar compounds elute first and the most polar compounds elute last. The mobile phase consists of a nonpolar solvent such as hexane or heptane mixed with a slightly more polar solvent such as isopropanol, ethyl acetate or chloroform.
How do you tell which compound will elute first?
A weak polar solvent would tend to elute the less polar molecules first. Thus, hexane would probably be the first to be eluted, since alkanes are SLIGHTLY less polar than alkenes.
In what order should the compounds elute off the column?
- In a normal column, the stationary phase is more polar than the mobile phase. ...
- In a normal column, three compounds were eluted in the following order: p-dimethylbenzene, p-dimethoxybenzene, then p-methoxyphenol.
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