Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 23(7), 763 (2007).

Perfluorocarbon-based Liquid-Liquid Extraction for Separation of Transition Metal Ions
Tatsuo MARUYAMA, Kazunori NAKASHIMA, Fukiko KUBOTA, and Masahiro GOTO
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering and Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
We report a liquid-liquid extraction system based on perfluorocarbon (fluorous-solvent extraction) that allows selective extraction of metal ions from aqueous and organic phases to a perfluorocarbon phase (FC-72) with perfluorinated β-diketone (1,1,1,5,5,6,6,6-octafluoro-2,4-hexanedione), which can be followed by backward extraction using 1 M nitric acid.