How to make micropipettes for TLC

Qui iy remove the tube from the flame and pull genfiY, forming a short capillary. Do not pulf tl tybe wTiile it is fn. the fiame. 

Findinfan eluent- a medium-polarity solvent such as dichloromethane (DCM) -j g erally a.goqd.jtarting.point.  

Ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate) Propanone (acetone) 

You can express the movement of an individual compound up the TLC plate in terms of its R[ (relative frontal mobility) value, where  

R = distance moved by compound/distance moved by solvent [31.4] 

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