TLC Stain Recipes

 Anisaldehyde

 9.2 mL p-anisaldehyde

 3.75 mL AcOH

 338 mL 95% ethanol

 12.5 mL conc. H2SO4

 Potassium Permanganate

 3 g KMnO4

 20 g K2CO3

 5 mL 5% NaOH (aq)

 300 mL H2O

 PMA

 35 g phosphomolybdic acid

 1 pint 95% ethanol

 Ceric Ammonium Molybdate

 40 mL conc. H2SO4

 360 mL H2O

 10 g ammonium molybdate

 4 g ceric ammonium sulfate

 Vanillin

 3 g vanillin

 50 mL 95% ethanol

 15 mL 2M H2SO4

 Ceric Sulfate

 8g Ce(SO4)2·2H2SO4

 100 mL 15% 2H2SO4 (aq.)

 2,4-DNP

 12 g 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrizide

 60 mL conc. H2SO4

 80 mL H2O

 200 mL 95% ethanol

 Copper Sulfate

 3% (w/v) CuSO4

 15% H3PO4 (aq.)

 Iodoplatinate

 10 mL 5% PtCl2 solution

 5 mL conc. HCl

 240 mL 2% aqueous iodide solution