| Abstract: | The influences of extractants concentrations and solvent polarity on the efficiency of folic acid separation by synergic extraction with Amberlite LA-2 and di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) mixture have been analyzed. The results indicated the formation of an interfacial compound which includes one molecule of folic acid and one of D2EHPA, the hydrophobicity of this compound being increased by solvation with Amberlite LA-2 molecules. The number of aminic molecules participating in the interfacial complex formation is controlled by solvent polarity and D2EHPA concentration, decreasing from 3 to 1 with the increase of these two parameters. The results indicated that the most important synergic effect corresponds to the extractants mixture dissolved n-heptane, at low D2EHPA concentration in the organic phase (5 g/l). |
