you have an alcohol and an ester of comparable size (both ~10 carbons), and you want to separate and isolate both by silica gel chromatography, either tlc or a column. which of the following pure solvents or solvent mixtures would have the best chance of working? remember you need to compromise-too non-polar or too polar won't work. ethyl acetate with a trace of ethanol ethyl alcohol hexane methanol alcohol with a little water cyclopentane with a trace of diethyl ether