From extraction experiments with 22Na as a tracer, the extraction constant corresponding to the equilibrium Na+(aq) + A−(aq) + L(nb) ⇔ NaL+(nb) + A−(nb) taking place in the two-phase water–nitrobenzene system (A− = picrate, L = dibenzo-21-crown-7; aq = aqueous phase, nb = nitrobenzene phase) was evaluated as logKex(NaL+,A−) = 1.9±0.1. Further, the stability constant of the dibenzo-21-crown-7-sodium complex in nitrobenzene saturated with water was calculated for a temperature of 25 °C logβnb(NaL+) = 7.1±0.1.
Print ISSN: 0942-9352
Volume: 218, 07/2004
Pages: 887 - 891