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The synergistic solvent extraction of manganese by macrocyclic crown ethers in combination with didodecylnaphthalene sulfonic acid: Effect of macrocycle substituents

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OSTI ID:5815647
Crown ethers in combination with organophilic cation exchangers synergize the extraction of certain metal ions from aqueous solutions, and their selectivity has been thought largely dependent on the correspondence between the crown other's cavity diameter and the metal ion diameter. This work focuses on two crown others, tert. -butylbenzo-15-crown-5 (LBB15C5) and tert.-butylcyclohexano-15 -crown-5 (LBC15C5), each of which has a cavity diameter of 1.7 to 2.2 x 10/sup -10/ m and their extraction of Mn/sup 2 +/ (ionic diameter 1.4 to 2.2 x 10/sup -10/ m) from aqueous nitrate solutions. The organophilic cation exchanger used was didodecylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (HDDNS). The data show no observable complexes of the manganese salt of HDDNS with the benzo-substituted crown, tBB15C5, but the cyclohexano-substituted crown, LBC15C5, forms a strong complex with Mn(DDNS)/sub 2/. The system LBC15C5/HDDNS is an effective phase-transfer agent for manganese. Since the cavities in the two crown others are the same size, it appears that the difference observed between the benzo- and cyclohexano-subsitituted crowns are due to their different substituents. 23 refs., 6 figs.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5815647
Report Number(s):
CONF-871038-6; ON: DE88002299
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English