(MENAFN- IMARC Group) A petroleum ether is a specialized solvent derived from petroleum distillation processes, designed to provide effective extraction and purification capabilities for industrial ...

MIXTURES in several proportions of petroleum ether (boiling point 30°–60° C), diethyl ether and acetic acid have been widely used as solvents for the separation by thin layer chromatography on silica ...

AN earlier paper 1 described a method for separating a number of indole derivatives and auxin-like substances in plant extracts, using silica-gel partition columns and petroleum ether: n-butyl alcohol ...