Figure 1: Pyridinium tribromide generated in situ
Figure 2: Isomers of 1,2-dibromo-1,2-diphenylethane
vicinal dibromide
Figure 3: Bromination Reaction Mechanism
trans-stilbene
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Silver nitrate test was used in an additional step to verify the final product of the bromination reaction. TLC was performed on a sheet of glass coated with a thin layer of silica gel. On this layer of adsorbent, known as the stationary phase, the solvent mixture, the mobile phase, was added. The solvent mixture moved up the plate via capillary action. Considering different analytes ascend the TLC plate at different rates, due to their varying abilities to hydrogen bond with the stationary phase, the identity of the final products were distinguished (Clark,