Solvent Extraction of Fe^{3+} Cation by Diazo-Coupling Calix[4]arenes

Authors: HASALETTİN DELİGÖZ, EMİN ERDEM, HASAN KOCAOKUTGEN

Abstract: The solvent extraction of Fe^{3+} cations from the aqueous to the organic (chloroform) phase was carried out using p-tert-butyl calix[4]arene(\underline{1}), calix[4]arene(\underline{2}), diazo-coupling calix[4]arenes [p-(4-n-butyl-phenylazo)calix[4]arene (\underline{3}), p-(4-phenylazophenylazo)calix[4]arene(\underline{4}), p-(4-acetanilidazo)calix[4]arene(\underline{5}), p-(N'-2-thyazol-2ylsulphanylazo)calix[4]arene(\underline{6}) and p-(2-thyazolazo)calix[4]arene(\underline{8}) and the derivatives of phenol [2-(5-bromo-2-pyridylazo)-5-diethylaminophenol(\underline{8}) (Bromo-PADAP) and 2-hydroxy-5-methyl\-phenylazonapthol(\underline{9}) (HMPAN)]. It was found that the compounds (\underline{1}-\underline{9}) showed the highest extractability toward Fe^{3+} at pH 4.5-5.4 Compound \underline{5} shows strong binding ability to Fe^{3+} ion. Based on the method of continuous variation, calixarene \underline{5} formed a 1:1 complex with Fe^{3+} ion.

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