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Which of the following pairs of compounds would be most easily separated by thin layer chromatography: n-octyl alcohol and 1-octene, hexadecane and octadecane, or chlorobenzene and bromobenzene
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Which of the following pairs of compounds would be most easily separated by thin layer chromatography: n-octyl alcohol and 1-octene, hexadecane and octadecane, or chlorobenzene and bromobenzene

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n-octyl alcohol and 1-octene will be the most easily separated using TLC method because they have different functional groups from each other and different polarity. alcohol is more polar due to hydrogen bonding and octene is non polar.

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