Consider the compounds tert-butylcyclohexane and 4-tert-butylcyclohexanol. Using silica gel plates (the same type of plates we used for this experiment), which of the two compounds will have the higher Rf value when ethyl acetate is the developing solvent? Which will have the higher Rf value when hexanes is the developing solvent? Give your reasoning in each case.

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