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Extraction of Palladium(II) and Platinum(IV) from Hydrochloric Acid Solutions with Trioctylammonium Nitrate Ionic Liquid without Dilution

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The fundamental properties and extraction capability of an ionic liquid (IL), trioctylammonium nitrate ([HTOA][NO3]), for PdII and PtIV, are investigated. At room temperature, [HTOA][NO3] is a solid (melting point: 30.7 °C), but it becomes a liquid (melting point: 16.7 °C) when saturated with water. Water-saturated [HTOA][NO3] exhibits a viscosity of 267.1 mPa·s and an aqueous solubility of 2.821 × 10−4 mol·dm−3 at 25 °C, and can be used as an extraction solvent without dilution. [HTOA][NO3] exhibits an extremely high extraction capability for PdII and PtIV in dilute hydrochloric acid (0.1–2 mol·dm−3 HCl); the distribution ratio reaches 3 × 104 for both the metals. From electrospray ionization mass spectrometry analysis, the species extracted in the IL phase are [PdCl3] and [PdCl2(NO3)] for PdII and [PtCl6]2− and [PtCl5] for PtIV. A majority of the other transition metals are considerably less or marginally extracted into [HTOA][NO3] from a 0.1 mol·dm−3 hydrochloric acid solution. The extraction capacity of [HTOA][NO3] is greater than that of other hydrophobic ILs such as [HTOA]Cl and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide-based ILs. The metals extracted into the IL phase are quantitatively back-extracted using an aqueous solution containing thiourea and nitric acid. By controlling the thiourea concentration and shaking time, PdII and PtIV are mutually separated to some extent in the back extraction process. The IL phase used for the back extraction can be reused for the forward extraction of these metals after scrubbing it with an aqueous nitric acid solution.

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The authors thank Ms. Sayaka Kado (Center for Analytical Instrumentation, Chiba University) for her technical support on mass spectrometry. The authors also thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language review. This work was financially supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP26410145.

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Katsuta, S., Tamura, J. Extraction of Palladium(II) and Platinum(IV) from Hydrochloric Acid Solutions with Trioctylammonium Nitrate Ionic Liquid without Dilution. J Solution Chem 47, 1293–1308 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-018-0745-9

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