what was the purpose of running a tlc of ferrocene, the acetylferrocene product mixture, and co-spot (an overlay of ferrocene an
d the product mixture) prior to conducting the column chromatography portion of the experiment?a. All of the belowb. To determine the elution in a chromatography column of the starting material and productsc. To determine if there was starting material still present in the reactiond. To identify the number of products of the reaction
Column chromatography in chemistry is a chromatography method used to isolate a single chemical compound from a mixture.
TLC can be used to analyze a chemical reaction to determine if the reactants have been consumed and a new product has formed. Running a tlc of ferrocene, the acetylferrocene product mixture, and co-spot, when you view the TLC plate under a UV light, you will notice that acetylferrocene product is on the right-most lane, this shows that the reaction appears to be a success: the higher spot of ferrocene has been consumed), and a new product spot is present. From these we can observe that the we can use this to identify the number of products of the reaction, determine if the starting material is still present in the reaction and the elution in a chromatography column of the starting material and products. Therefore, all the choices are correct.
