LIQUID-GEL EXTRACTION OF U-ACYLPYRAZOL-5-ONATO COPPER COMPLEXES

Abstract
Extracting hydrophobic gels have been prepared by swelling cross-linked polybutadiene with solutions of 4-acylpyrazol-5-ones (HL) in toluene, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. The extraction of copper from perchlorate medium has been studied. Distribution curves close to those obtained in the pure liquid-liquid extraction show that the polymer has no effect on the thermodynamics of the liquid-gel extraction. The diffusion of the copper chelates CuL2into the gels appears as a controlling rate factor of the extractions which depends on the polybutadiene cross-linkage.