Cloud point extraction of lanthanide(III) ions via use of Triton X-100 without and with water-soluble calixarenes as added chelating agents.
The use of water-soluble calixarenes: p-sulfonato thiacalixarene (ST), tetra-sulfonatomethylated calix[4]resorcinarene (SR), calix[4]resorcinarene phosphonic acid (PhR) as chelating agents in cloud point extraction (CPE) of La(III), Gd(III) and Yb(III) ions using Triton X-100 as non-ionic surfactant is introduced. The data obtained indicate that both complexation ability and structure of calixarenes govern the extraction efficiency of lanthanides. In particular ST and SR, forming 1:1 lanthanide complexes with similar stability in aqueous media, exhibit different extractability when used as chelating agents in CPE. First synthesized PhR was found to be the most efficient chelating agent exhibiting pH-dependent selectivity within La(III), Gd(III) and Yb(III) in CPE.
Mustafina
Asiya
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Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Arbusov Str. 8, Kazan, Russia. asiya@iopc.kcn.ru
Elistratova
Julia
J
Burilov
Alexander
A
Knyazeva
Irina
I
Zairov
Rustem
R
Amirov
Rustem
R
Solovieva
Svetlana
S
Konovalov
Alexander
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