Complexation of some univalent organic cations with benzo-18-crown-6 in nitrobenzene saturated with water

From extraction experiments and γ-activity measurements, the exchange extraction constants corresponding to the general equilibrium C⁺(aq) + 1·Na⁺(nb) <=>1·C⁺ (nb) + Na⁺(aq) taking place in the two-phase water-nitrobenzene system (C⁺ = methylammonium, ethylammonium, propylammonium, ethanolammonium, diethanolammonium, triethanolammonium, cation TRIS+, hydrazinium, hydroxylammonium; 1 = benzo-18-crown-6; aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) were evaluated. Furthermore, the stability constants of the 1·C⁺ cationic complex species in nitrobenzene saturated with water were calculated; they were found to increase in the following cation order: triethanolammonium < propylammonium < ethylammonium, diethanolammonium < methylammonium < ethanolammonium < cation TRIS⁺ < hydrazinium < hydroxylammonium.