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Column Chromatography
Column chromatography is a liquid separation technique in which a stationary phase (typically silica gel or alumina) is packed into a vertical column, and a mobile phase (solvent) percolates through it to separate mixture components. Pioneered by Mikhail Tsvet in 1903, column chromatography remains the workhorse of organic chemistry laboratories for purifying reaction products and isolating target compounds.
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- Skoog, D. A., Holler, F. J., & Crouch, S. R. (2017). Principles of Instrumental Analysis (7th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1305577213
- Still, W. C., Kahn, M., & Mitra, A. (1978). Rapid chromatographic purification based on solvent-induced density differences and easy detection. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 43(14), 2923–2925. DOI: 10.1021/jo00408a041 ↗