Separation Science and Technology, Vol.48, No.3, 501-507, 2013
Synthesis of New N,N'-bis(2-aminothiophenol)-a,a'-bis(5-bromocarboxylidene phenoxy)xylene and their Liquid Membrane Transport of Copper Cations
New Schiff base (H2L) containing nitrogen-sulfur-oxygen atoms was synthesized by reaction of a,a'-bis(5-bromo-2-carboxyaldehyde phenoxy)-1.4-xylene with aminothiophenol. Transport of copper ion across a bulk chloroform membrane containing Schiff base ligand (H2L) as carrier has been studied. The parameters influencing the transport efficiency such as composition of receiving phase, pH of the feed phase, carrier concentration in the membrane, EDTA concentration in the receiving phase, and the effect of temperature and time dependency of the process were studied and discussed.