Extraction of palladium(II) by the hexachloroderivate of cobalt dicarbolide from nitric acid medium

Abstract

Liquid—liquid extraction of divalent palladium by solutions of the hexachloroderivate of cobalt dicarbolide (HBCl6) in the mixture of solvents (30 v/v % nitrobenzene+20 v/v % n-dodecane +50 v/v/ % toluene) from nitric acid medium has been studied. Besides HBCl6 the organic phase contained also 2,2′-dipyridyl (dipy). The yield of palladium extraction from 0.5M HNO3 is greater than 99.0%. The species extracted into the organic phase corresponds to the formula [Pd(dipy)2] (BCl6)2.