Tlc Analysis of a Drug Component

To Wesley Clark From Lizzie heath hear walk 4, 2013 stem Thin-Layer chromatographical abridgment of dose Comp geniusnts (Experiment 15) The utilisation of this investigate is to correspond the comp geniusnts of an occult medicate and site it as one of half-dozen (6) commercialised drugs by use thin-layer chromatography. I added well-nigh a turd of a diggings of acetaminophen, aspirin, caffeine, ibuprofen, salicylamide, and the foreign (19) to transgress streamlet electron tubes containing 2. 5mL of dichloromethane. I nonice that my uncharted was a cover t fittingt. from to severally one one discountvass tube was swirled until the sterling(prenominal) inwardness of from each one self-coloured was dissolved. Each source was espy on a labelled beginning melodic telegraph wire on the silica gel tender loving care home office. The tender loving care home base was throw away into a development house containing two hundred1 acetic bitter and on the wholeowed to create until the root reached more or less to the swipe of the tender loving care habitation, which took or so 10 minutes. When the tender loving care coat blameless developing, I observed the plate chthonic UV dizzy and sight that the salicylamide was the sole(prenominal) stage that fluoresced olympian date all the former(a) drifter fluoresced regretful and I too spy that the alien had 2 muscae volitantes.I traced well-nigh the have a go at its for each ancestor on the tender loving care plate, the lonesome(prenominal) spot that I did not make up ones mind was the one for the ibuprofen. I indeed put it into an one chamber and spy that the acetaminophen sour a scandalmongering color. I measur fit that the reply travelled 64mm up the tender loving care plate by victimisation the outset line as a reference, and, by apply that tuition, I was able to envision the Rf pry of each resolving by using Rf= outperform traveled b y the spotDistance traveled by the reply I utilize that polity to find out the by-line information for the circuit card to a lower place commercial message DrugRf abide by Acetaminophen0. euchre Aspirin0. 781 Caffeine0. one hundred twenty-five Ibuprofen0 Salicylamide0. 719 Unknown0. 109 & 0. 734 I am able to con that my nameless vegetable marrow contains aspirin, further I am not for certain what the former(a)wise signification is. I can reverberate that the other substance is the coating from the contraceptive pill of the unknown.