Abstract
Volatile organic solvents being generally hazardous to human beings, impact environment and hence are being replaced by environmentally eco-friendly solvents in analytical chemistry. Use of green solvents in different technologies has gained popularity in order to make environment free from pollution. Green solvents have found applications in chemical synthesis and analysis. However, in this review, we have described the work done during the period 2005-2019 on the use of green solvents like ionic liquids, surfactants, deep eutectic solvents (DES), bio-based solvents in thin-layer chromatography (TLC). To date, only one paper has been reported on the use of DES in TLC.