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Calix[4]arene-crown-5 as a selective extraction reagents for K+/H+, Rb+/H+ and Rb+/Cs+ separations

  • Petr Vaňura EMAIL logo , Emanuel Makrlík and Pavel Selucký
From the journal Radiochimica Acta

Abstract

From extraction experiments, the exchange extraction constants corresponding to the general equilibriums M+ (aq) + NaL+ (org) ⇔ ML+ (org) + Na+ (aq) or M+ (aq) + CsL+ (org) ⇔ ML+ (org) + Cs+ (aq), which take place in the two-phase water–nitrobenzene extraction system (M+ = Li+, H3O+, Ag+, K+, NH4+, Tl+, Rb+; L = calix[4]arene-bis crown5(1,3-alternate), 26,28-dipropoxycalix[4]arene-crown-5(1,3-alternate), 11,23-dibromo-25,28-dipropoxycalix[4]arene-crown-5 (1,3-alternate) and 1,3-alternate-25,27-dihydroxycalix[4]arene-crown-5; aq = aqueous phase, org = organic phase), were evaluated. The stability constants of the NaL+ and CsL+ complexes were calculated from the extraction of the respective picrates in the system of water–nitrobenzene solution of L. Further, the stability constants of the ML+ complexes in nitrobenzene saturated with water were determined. High selectivities were found in some systems under study.


Corresponding author: Petr Vaňura, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, 166 28Prague 6, Czech Republic, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by the Grant Agency of Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Project No.: 42900/1312/3114 “Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Development of Society”, and by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports (Project 20/2015).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-11-03
Accepted: 2021-05-06
Published Online: 2021-05-21
Published in Print: 2021-07-27

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