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Hi all,

as above. are there any other methods beside using liquid chromatography?

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HPLC is the most expensive among all. LC is way cheaper, TLC even less expensive. Distillation, re-crystallization, re-precipitation, you name it 

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hi Stepan,

how exactly would you use TLC? can you give me some pointers please? just wanna add that these 2 compounds are unknown.

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Here is an example. This was the 5th hit on google for preparative TLC.
My research: Google Scholar and Researchgate

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Thank you Dan. Basically you separate your compounds on the plate, then scrape the spot with you compound off the plate, and extract your compound with appropriate solvent.

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