Selective separation of trivalent f-ions using 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide ligands in ionic liquids

Jérémy Dehaudt, Neil J. Williams, Ilya A. Shkrob, Huimin Luo, Sheng Dai

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Abstract

1,10-Phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxamide complexants decorated with alkyl chains and imidazolium cations have been studied for extraction of trivalent f-ions into imidazolium ionic liquids. The dicationic complexants are shown to extract Am over Eu with separation factors >50 and high extraction efficiencies. The different size selectivities for lanthanide ions were observed for these two types of complexants, highlighting the importance of the positive charge in controlling both extraction efficiencies and extraction selectivities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11624-11627
Number of pages4
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume45
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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