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Synthesis of task-specific ionic liquids with grafted diglycolamide moiety. Complexation and stripping of lanthanides

  • Wu Yun
  • , Zhang Youwen
  • , Fan Fuyou
  • , Luo Huimin
  • , Hu Peizhuo
  • , Shen Yinglin

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    Abstract

    Task-specific ionic liquids (TSILs) of a novel class, with the diglycolamide moietity grafted in the alkyl chain of imidazolium cation, were synthesized and characterized. Lanthanide complexation capabilities of TSILs as active components of solid phase extractants were evaluated by studies on the adsorption of lanthanides from aqueous solutions. The TSIL-based solid adsorbents prepared by immobilization of long-alkyl-chain TSILs in siliceous mesostructured cellular foams adsorb trivalent lanthanides. No extraction of lanthanides from aqueous solution into 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([C6mim][Nf2T]) was observed at any acidity in the presence of these TSILs in the aqueous phase. This implies that TSILs suppress the extraction of lanthanides by formation of water-soluble complexes. The TSILs added to solvent extraction systems consisting of N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentanediamide (TODGA) in [C6mim][Nf2T] and aqueous HNO3 solutions show very good stripping properties for lanthanides.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1213-1218
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
    Volume299
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 2014

    Funding

    Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Basic Energy Science Program of the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract DE-AC05-0096OR22725 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle and by the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (20090211120026).

    Keywords

    • Diglycolamide
    • Lanthanides
    • Solvent extraction
    • Stripping
    • Task-specific ionic liquids

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