The answer would be C8H18, or octane. Column chromatography is a separation technique that works off of polarity. The stationary phase, in column chromatography, are non-modified silica gels. Silica gels are normally polar. This means the solvent that will elute first are non-polar molecules...then polar molecules. The polar silica gels have a stronger interaction with polar molecules like CH3OH, and therefore will lag the solvent. Additionally, as you decrease the carbons, in hydrocarbons, the molecule becomes more polar. This is not C6H6 isn't the answer and octane is.
C8H18 will travel the farthest in column chromatography.
There are different forms of chromatography. there is the column chromatography, Gas chromatography etc.
Alkanes are known to be least polar and as such would travel farthest into the mobile phase of the four functional groups. C8H18 belongs to the alkanes family.
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