A student loaded a mixture of compounds onto a silica gel column using 5 mL of dichloromethane as the loading solvent. After running the column using petroleum ether as the eluant and collecting 8 fractions, the student analyzed the contents by TLC to find that all of the compounds in the mixture came off in the first two fractions. In addition, no separation was observed. Choose the statement that BEST describes the error. The sample should be loaded using a maximum 1 mL of CH2Cl2. Petroleum ether was the incorrect eluant. A more polar solvent should have been used. The student should re-run the TLC. It was obviously performed incorrectly. The student packed the column incorrectly.