PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSIS- IN PALLADIUM EXTRACTION BY 1-(2-PYRIDYLAZO)-2-NAPHTHOL(PAN)

Abstract
The kinetics of palladium extraction from chloride solutions by PAN has been studied in the presence ofQ+,C1or Q+,SCNEnhancement in the extraction rate by addition of quaternary ammonium salts to the organic phase was predicted from the phase-transfer of the metal complex to the bulk organic phase as an ion-pair. The expression for the rate determining step has been derived as: when Q+,C1- is present and as: when Q+,SCNis present. The increase in extraction rate when Q+, SCNreplaces Q+,CIcan be attributed to the “trans-effect”.
Keywords