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Separation and Identification of Phenols by Paper Chromatography

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THE application of paper chromatography to the qualitative separation of phenols and phenolic derivatives has been reported by a number of workers1. The methods described employ the one-dimensional partition technique and they separate, with varying degrees of efficiency, phenolic derivatives having fairly pronounced structural differences.

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GREEN, J., MARCINKIEWICZ, S. Separation and Identification of Phenols by Paper Chromatography. Nature 176, 1172–1173 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1761172a0

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