Question

Anthracene -9-methanol and 3 equivalents of N-methylmaleimide were mixed with water in an Erlenmeyer flask and heated to reflux( Diels-Adler reaction) TLC was prepared using a 1:1 ratio ethyl acetate: hexane. We got Rf=0.8 for N-methylmaleimide Rf=0.6 for anthracene and Rf=0.3 for the mixture. What information does this provide?

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