Experiment 5- TLC

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Thin Layer Chromatography 00004 By Kian Houman and Malake Ettabaâ Date of experiment: 1 November 2022 Date of submission: 8 November 2022
TLC 2 Procedure: Klein, David. Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc, 2021. 5mL of tomato paste and 5mL of ethanol in 30mL beaker covered by watch glass Filter solution by suction Boil and swirl solution on steam bath for 5 minutes Add 10mL of dichloromethane to solid residue in a 25 mL round bottom flask Filter solution by suction Heat solution in warm water for 7 minutes Evaporate solution in rotary evaporator Prepare TLC plates Place first TLC tray in developing chamber containing 3mL of petroleum ether Use capillary pipette to make dots on TLC tray Place second TLC tray in developing chamber containing 3mL of 25% dichloromethane and 75% petroleum ether mixture Mark final position of both TLC trays Circle colored spots and indicate lycopene and β -carotene spots Calculate R f values Search for additional spots on TLC trays Place one tray at a time under UV lamp
TLC 3 Data and Results:
TLC 4 Data Table Compound Plate 1 (eluant : petroleum ether) Plate 2 (Eluant: 25% CH2Cl2/75% petroleum ether) Rf values Rf values Diluted spot Concentrated spot average Diluted spot Concentrated spot average Lycopene 0.0615 0.0923 0.0769 0.526 0.526 0.526 β -carotene 0.138 0.169 0.154 0.702 0.702 0.702 Impurity (if applicable) X X X 0.158 0.158 0.158 Sample calculations :
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