Hexane And Thin Layer Chromatography

The objective of the experiment is to find out the components in the medication. The medications that was chosen was Bayer, Tylenol, and Aleve. In order to do this experiment, a thin layer chromatography was used. The experiment used three different solutions which hexane, ethyl acetate, and 25% hexane an 75% ethyl acetate. For the first two TLC plates, hexane was used as the solution. Hexane proved to be a poor solvent and gave not very accurate results. The Rf values for the Hexane solution are shown below in the chart.

S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
A (Bayer)
B (Tylenol)
C (Aleve)
Solvent Distanced Traveled
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
Solution Distanced Traveled
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
7.9
Rf value
0.037
0.025
0.037
0.025
0.025
0.050