Issue 19, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Exploiting outer-sphere interactions to enhance metal recovery by solvent extraction

Jennifer R. Turkington,a   Philip J. Bailey,a   Jason B. Love,a   A. Matthew Wilsona  and  Peter A. Tasker*a  

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a EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK
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Abstract

Interactions, particularly hydrogen bonds, between ligands in the outer coordination spheres of metal complexes have a major effect on their stabilities in the hydrocarbon solvents used in commercial solvent extraction and it is now possible to use these interactions to tune the strength and selectivity of extractants.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC37874D
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
30 Oct 2012
Accepted
29 Nov 2012
First published
03 Jan 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 1891-1899

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Exploiting outer-sphere interactions to enhance metal recovery by solvent extraction

J. R. Turkington, P. J. Bailey, J. B. Love, A. M. Wilson and P. A. Tasker, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1891 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37874D

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