Issue 1, 2002

Methods and techniques for the selective extraction and recovery of oxoanions

Abstract

An important goal in environmental chemistry is the extraction of metals that are toxic or radioactive from soils and waters. For many such metals, the problem is solved by designing compounds with coordination sites that are specific for that particular metal. For cases such as oxoanions, however, where the inorganic center is already fully coordinated by oxygens, different strategies need to be used. Chromate, phosphate, selenate, pertechnetate, and aluminate are such anions. These species are problematic contaminants in soils and waters because they are either toxic, environmentally undesirable, or radioactive. Furthermore, under both acidic and basic conditions, the coordination positions of these oxoanions are occupied by oxygens. Chromium(VI) as either chromate or dichromate presents a particular problem because it is a strong oxidizing agent. In this review the different methods of extracting this group of pseudotetrahedral oxoanions are discussed, along with the individual advantages and limitations of each strategy.

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 Aug 2001
First published
11 Dec 2001

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2002,31, 60-67

Methods and techniques for the selective extraction and recovery of oxoanions

D. M. Roundhill and H. F. Koch, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2002, 31, 60 DOI: 10.1039/B003141K

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