Synthesis and Evaluation of Superior Calcium and Mercury Transport by Simple Monocarboxylic Acids of Kemp's Triacid
Transport abilities of alkaline earth, transition, and heavy metal ions were examined for three kinds of disubstituted monoacid derivatives of Kemp’s triacid as transport agents for a liquid membrane system. Diamide derivatives showed high transport ability for CaII over MgII, with selectivity ratios greater than 25. Imide monoacids were also CaII selective. For transition and heavy metal ions, all monoacids including diester monoacid showed very high HgII transport, but with different selectivities depending on the functional group. High HgII/AgI ( = 24), HgII/CuII ( = 194), and HgII/PbII ( = 85) selectivities were observed for diamide, diester, and imide monoacids, respectively. The transport mechanisms are discussed for alkaline earth, transition, and heavy metal ions utilizing ion chromatography analysis of anions co-transported.