Abstract
The authors could confirm the separation of unsaturated alcohols from saturated alcohols on thinlayer chromatography (TLC) by making adduct with mercuric acetate.
Experiments were carried out with three groups of samples, mercuric acetate-adducted oleylal cohol and stearylalcohol, the adducted oleyl acetate and stearyl acetate, and the adducted sperm whale alcohols, by using Silica gel G as the adsorbent, and bezene, toluene, xylene and other solvents as the developing agents.
Benzene, toluene and xylene were better developers than other solvents tested.
Acetylated alcohols gave better separation of saturated and unsaturated alcohols than that of untreated ones.
Silica gel G was found as suitable adsorbent for the purpose.
