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Kristin Quinn Bioinorganic Coordination Chemistry: Copper (II) Tetraphenylporphyrinate February 17, 2005 Quinn 1 Kristin Quinn Intermediate Inorganic Lab 17 February 2005 Abstract This experiment uses H2TTP made during the last lab and hydrated copper (II) acetate to convert the H2TTP to Cu(TTP). The reaction proceeds by being refluxed for 30 minutes. The final product is a non-iridescent purple color, unlike the vivid, shimmering purple color of the starting H2TTP. Introduction Thin layer chromatography, or TLC, is used as a prerequisite for column chromatography. When performing types of chromatography, like TLC, the polarity of solvents is extremely important. This lab uses TLC plates, five solvents (hexane, toluene, ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, and acetone), and small evaporating dishes to determine which solvent would be best to use in column chromatography. The least polar solvent is hexane, which has a polarity index of 0.1. Toluene has a polarity index of 2.4, while ethyl acetate's is almost twice that at 4.4. By comparing the polarity...

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