New Poly - and Bis(crown ether)s as Extracting Reagents

Abstract
New poly- and bis(crown ether)s containing benzo-15-crown-5 or benzo-18-crown-6 moieties were synthesized as extracting reagents, and by a preliminary solvent extraction of alkali metal picrates the poly- and bis-(crown ether)s were found to extract the cations capable of forming sandwich-type 2:1 complexes more effectively than their monomeric analogs.