Yeda Research and Develpment & Co. Ltd

Shneior Lifson

Abraham Shanzer

Jacqueline Libman

There are provided novel compounds useful as selective extractants of metal values from aqueous systems comprising a plurality of such ionic species. There is further provided a process for the production of the novel compounds. The invention also relates to a process of selective metal extraction by means of the novel compounds of the invention.

Extractants for the separation of transition and related metal ions

Ligand compounds useful as extractants of certain metals from solutions. Effective also as promoters of the growth of microorganisms. A process for the preparation of such hexadentate ligands and methods of selective extraction of transition and related metal ions from admixtures with other metals.

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Shneior Lifson