Abstract
Only trace amounts of hydroxide ion can be extracted from aqueous solution into non-polar organic media by quaternary ammonium salts. Addition of small amounts of primary alcohols, particularly certain diols, dramatically changes the behaviour of systems, and surprising amounts of base can be found in the organic apolar phase. The competitive extraction halide/alkoxide was investigated for various ammonium salts. Quantitative measurements were carried out for the evaluation of selectivity constants for extraction of simple primary alkoxides by tetra-n-hexylammonium chloride in benzene.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2927-2932 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| State | Published - 1985 |