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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 10#️⃣ Question 8🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Alec performs a thin-layer chromatography experiment using silica gel as the stationary phase, and a 90 to 10 mixture of hexanes and ethyl acetate as the mobile phase. Which of the following compounds would be expected to have the highest retention factor in this experiment?

W) Phenol
X) Benzyl alcohol
Y) Benzaldehyde
Z) Benzoic acid
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