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Examine the appearance of your reaction mixture and your TLC results after 10 minutes of heating and stirring.

photo shows a small long neck round bottom flask containing a small amount of dark brown solution resting in a sand bath; the flask is attached to a distillation head via a rubber connector on a metal rod; one arm of the distillation head is capped with a septum, the other has a thin Teflon tube inserted into its septum; a metal temperature probe with its end in the sandbath is also visible

photo shows a TLC plate on a lab bench next to a clear plastic ruler whose 0 cm marking is aligned with the origin of the TLC plate; the three lanes on the TLC plate are labeled, from left to right: “SM,” “t=0,” and “t=10;” the leftmost lane shows a single pencil circle aligned with the 3.3 cm marking on the ruler; the other two lanes show two pencil circles each, one aligned with the 3.3 cm marking and the other aligned with the 2.4 cm marking

Is your reaction finished?

Yes! All Done!

Nope! Keep heating and stirring!

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