Solvent extraction of silver picrate by 3m-crown-m ethers (m = 5, 6) and its mono-benzo-derivative from water into benzene or chloroform: elucidation of an extraction equilibrium using component equilibrium constants.

Ion-pair formation constant (K(AgPic) in mol(-1)dm(3)) of silver picrate (AgPic), those (K(AgLPic)) of its ion-pair complexes (AgLPic) with crown ethers (L) and complex formation constants (K(AgL)) of Ag(+) with L (15-crown-5 ether (15C5) and benzo-15C5) in water (w) were determined potentiometrically at 25 degrees C. Compounds used as L were 18-crown-6 ether (18C6), its benzo-derivative (B18C6) and the two 15C5 derivatives. Extraction constants (K(ex) in mol(-1)dm(3)) of AgPic with L (15C5, 18C6, B18C6) from acidic w-phases into either C(6)H(6) or CHCl(3) were recalculated from K(AgPic), K(AgL), K(AgLPic) and data opened in previous papers. Thus obtained K(ex) was divided into five component equilibrium constants containing K(AgL) and K(AgLPic) anew. Then, contributions of the component constants, K(AgL), K(AgLPic) and distribution constants of AgLPic between the w- and C(6)H(6)-phases, to K(ex) were discussed and compared with corresponding extraction systems of NaPic and KPic with18C6.