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Which of the following compounds would you expect to have the lowest Rf value on a silica gel TLC plate developed with dichlo
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Answer of first question is Butyric acid

Butyric acid expected to have lowest RF value

Because Butyric acid is more polar compound among the given list. So Butyric acid moves slowly on TLC plate (It has strong interactions with silica gel. In the mean wile eluting solvent DCM is also not high polar solvent.

Answer of second question is Decane

Decane is highly is nonpolar among the given list

weak Vander walls interactions with stationary phase silica gel.

It moves very fast on TLC plate

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