Movement of Water Soluble Phenols in Soil Using Thin-Layer Chromatography

Abstract

Abstract The movement of water soluble phenols was studied using soil thin-layer chromatographic technique. The mobility was expressed in terms of RM values.The movement of phenols having meta dihydroxy function was greater than the phenols having ortho dihydroxy function. The lesser movement of orginol in comperison to resoroinol was due to the steric binderance of the additional -CH3 group in orcinol. The minimum movement of gallic acid was probably due to the additional - COOH group or both the types of inter and intra molecular H-bonding. The movement was also affected by the presence of organic matter, different salt solutions and pH of the leachates.