Ditopic ligands for the simultaneous solvent extraction of cations and anions

Abstract

Incorporation of a dianionic binding site for transition metal cations and a dicationic binding site for anions into a lipophilic molecule has produced a ligand with a high efficacy for the solvent extraction of a transition metal salt [M²⁺X^2–].

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