Solvent extraction of univalent cations into nitrobenzene using sodium dicarbollylcobaltate and tetraphenyl p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene tetraketone

From extraction experiments and γ-activity measurements, the exchange extraction constants corresponding to the equilibrium M ⁺(aq) + 1 · Na⁺ (nb) ⇄ 1 · M ⁺ (nb) + Na⁺ (aq) taking place in the two-phase water-nitrobenzene system (M ⁺ = Li⁺, H₃O⁺, NH₄ ⁺, Ag⁺, K⁺, Rb⁺, Tl⁺, Cs⁺; 1 = tetraphenyl p-tert-butylcalix4]arene tetraketone; aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) were evaluated. Moreover, the stability constants of the 1 · M ⁺ complexes in water saturated nitrobenzene were calculated; they were found to increase in the order Cs⁺ < Rb⁺ < Tl⁺ < K⁺ < NH₄ ⁺ < Ag⁺ < H₃O⁺ < Li⁺. Correspondence: Emanuel Makrlík, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic.