I am an undergraduate student planning for my undergraduate thesis. That being said, I would love to learn more on isolation studies or analysis. To expound my question, the analysis that I will be conducting are NMR and LC-MS. I would like to know how much of the isolate do I need to have the best results in my characterization study. Another question would be on how to have an optimal isolation technique. My technique right now is using Reverse Phase - Solid Phase Extaction for further fractionation and then a preparative run of HPLC to isolate the compound of interest. Do you have any tips or recommendation to optimize my yield so that I can accomplish my undergraduate thesis on an earlier time.