Extraction properties of 4-[(hexylsulfanyl)methyl]3,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1<i>H</i>-pyrazole in the palladium(II) recovery from nitric acid solutions

Abstract

Palladium(II) extraction from nitric acid solutions with a complex-forming reagent, 4-[(hexylsulfanyl)methyl]-3,5-dimethyl-1-phenyl-1 H -pyrazole, was studied using chloroform as a diluent. The reagent extracts Pd(II) with high efficiency from 0.5-5 M. HNO3 solutions. It has been established that palladium(II) is extracted from 2 M. HNO3 solutions by a coordination mechanism with the formation of the extracted compound [Pd(NO3)2μ-L] n ( n > 2). Palladium(II) is quantitatively stripped with a nitric acid solution of thiourea. The reagent is promising for the concentration of Pd(II) from nitric acid solutions and its highly selective separation from Fe(III), lanthanides(III), Al(III), Cu(II), and Ni(II).