Synergistic extraction of some univalent cations into nitrobenzene by using cesium dicarbollylcobaltate and calix[4]arene-bis(t-octylbenzo-18-crown-6)

From extraction experiments and γ-activity measurements, the exchange extraction constants corresponding to the general equilibrium M⁺ (aq) + CsL⁺ (nb) ? ML⁺ (nb) + Cs⁺ (aq) taking place in the two–phase water–nitrobenzene system (M⁺ = K⁺, Rb⁺, $ {text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ , Ag⁺, Tl⁺; L = calix[4]arene-bis(t-octylbenzo-18-crown-6); aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) were evaluated. Furthermore, the stability constants of the ML⁺ complexes in nitrobenzene saturated with water were calculated; they were found to increase in the following cation order: $ {text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $  < K⁺ < Ag⁺ < Rb⁺ < Tl⁺.