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This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (21301104), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-16-019A3), and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (SKL-ChE-14A04).

1. Synthesis of Mono-(2,3-dimethylbutyl)phosphinic acid 18,19
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		<li>Weigh 31.80 g sodium hypophosphite hydrate, 16.00 g acetic acid, 8.42 g 2,3-dimethyl-1-butene, 0.73 g di-tert-butylnperoxide (DTBP), and 25.00 g tetrahydrofuran (THF) into a 100 mL Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave, put a magnetic stirrer into the autoclave, and seal it.</li>
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The most critical step within the protocol is the mono-alkylphosphinic acid synthesis (Figure 1a). In this reaction, a higher yield and less dialkylphosphinic acid by-product is better. Increasing the molar ratio of NaH2PO2/olefin A will improve the yield and inhibit the generation of dialkylphosphinic acid by-product. However, a large NaH2PO2 dosage will also increase the cost and cause a stirring problem. The preferred molar rati...

Acidic organophosphorus extractants are widely used in the traditional hydrometallurgy field for extraction and separation of rare earth ions1,2, non-ferrous metals (like Co/Ni3,4), rare metals (such as Hf/Zr5, V6,7), actinides8, etc. In recent years, they have also attracted more attention in the fields of secondary resource recycling and high-level liquid waste disposal9. Di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (D2EHPA or P204), 2-ethylhexylphosphoric acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (EHEHPA, PC 88A, or P507), and Di-(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)-phosphinic acid (Cyanex272), which are representatives of dialkylphosphoric acids, alkylphosphoric acid mono-alkyl esters, and dialkylphosphinic acids respectively, are the most commonly used extractants. Their acidity decreases in the following sequence: P204 &#62; P507 &#62; Cyanex 272. The corresponding extraction ability, extraction capacity, and stripping acidity are all in the order of P204 &#62; P507 &#62; Cyanex 272, and the separation performance is in the opposite order. These three extractants are effective in most cases. However, there are still some conditions where they are not so efficient: in heavy rare earths separation, of which the existing main problems are the poor selectivity and high stripping acidity for P204 and P507, low extraction capacity, and emulsion tendency during extraction for Cyanex 272. Thus, the development of novel extractants has drawn greater attention in recent years.
The class of dialkylphosphinic acid extractants is considered to be one of the most important research aspects to develop new extractants. Recent research showed that the extraction ability of dialkylphosphinic acids depends largely on the structure of the alkyl substituent10,11. It can be a wide range from significantly higher than that of P507 to lower than that of Cyanex 27212. However, the exploration of novel dialkylphosphinic acid extractants is restricted to the commercial olefin structure10,12,13,14,15,16. Though dialkylphosphinic acid extractants can also be synthesized by the Grignard-reaction method, the reaction conditions are rigorous12,17.
NSDAPA, of which the two alkyls are different, opens a door to the exploration of new extractants. It makes the structures of dialkylphosphinic acid more diverse, and its extraction and separation performance can be fine-tuned by modifying both of its alkyl structures. The traditional synthetic method of NSDAPA used PH3 as a phosphorus source, which has many drawbacks like high toxicity, rigorous reaction conditions, and difficult purification. Recently we reported a new method to synthesize NSDAPA using sodium hypophosphite as a phosphorus source (see Figure 1) and successfully synthesized three NSDAPAs18. This detailed protocol can help new practitioners repeat the experiments and master the synthetic method of NSDAPA extractants. We take (2,3-dimethylbutyl)(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid as an example. The names and structures of olefin A, the mono-alkylphosphinic acid intermediate, olefin B, and the corresponding NSDAPA are shown in Table 1.

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			<td class="xl17" height="102" style="width:185pt;height:76.5pt" width="247">sodium hypophosphite hydrate</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Tianjin Fuchen Chemical Reagents Factory</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: NaH2PO2&#8729;H2O, purity &#8805;99.0%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">2,3-dimethyl-1-butene</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Adamas Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C6H12, purity &#8805;99%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">diisobutylene</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Shanghai&#160;Aladdin&#160;Bio-Chem&#160;Technology&#160;Co.,&#160;LTD</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C8H16, purity 97%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">acetic acid</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C2H4O2, purity &#8805;99.5%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">di-tert-butylnperoxide</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C8H18O2, purity &#8805;97.0%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">tetrahydrofuran</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Beijing Chemical Works</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C4H8O, purity A.R.</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="102" style="width:185pt;height:76.5pt" width="247">amantadine hydrochloride</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Shanghai&#160;Aladdin&#160;Bio-Chem&#160;Technology&#160;Co.,&#160;LTD</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C10H17N&#8729;HCl, purity 99%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">ethyl ether</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C4H10O, purity &#8805;99.7%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">ethyl acetate</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Xilong Chemical Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C4H8O2, purity &#8805;99.5%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">acetone</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Beijing Chemical Works</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: C3H6O, purity &#8805;99.5%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="75" style="width:185pt;height:56.25pt" width="247">sodium hydroxide</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Xilong Chemical Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: NaOH, purity &#8805;96.0%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">concentrated sulfuric acid</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: H2SO4, purity 95-98%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="75" style="width:185pt;height:56.25pt" width="247">hydrochloric acid</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Beijing Chemical Works</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: HCl, purity 36-38%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="75" style="width:185pt;height:56.25pt" width="247">sodium chloride</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: NaCl, purity &#8805;99.5%</td>
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			<td class="xl17" height="77" style="width:185pt;height:57.75pt" width="247">anhydrous magnesium sulfate</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:290pt" width="387">Tianjin Jinke Institute of Fine Chemical Industry</td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl17" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: MgSO4, purity &#8805;99.0%</td>
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			<td class="xl19" height="103" style="width:185pt;height:77.25pt" width="247">Cobalt(II) chloride hexahydrate</td>
			<td class="xl19" style="width:290pt" width="387">Xilong Chemical Co., Ltd.</td>
			<td class="xl19" style="width:93pt" width="124"></td>
			<td class="xl19" style="width:119pt" width="158">Molecular formula: CoCl2&#8729;6H2O, purity &#8805;99.0%</td>
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synthesis of high purity nonsymmetric dialkylphosphinic acid extractants

We present the synthesis of (2,3-dimethylbutyl)(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid as an example to demonstrate a method for the synthesis of high purity nonsymmetric dialkylphosphinic acid extractants. Low toxic sodium hypophosphite was chosen as the phosphorus source to react with olefin A (2,3-dimethyl-1-butene) to generate a monoalkylphosphinic acid intermediate. Amantadine was adopted to remove the dialkylphosphinic acid byproduct, as only the monoalkylphosphinic acid can react with amantadine to form an amantadine&#8729;mono-alkylphosphinic acid salt, while the dialkylphosphinic acid cannot react with amantadine due to its large steric hindrance. The purified monoalkylphosphinic acid was then reacted with olefin B (diisobutylene) to yield nonsymmetric dialkylphosphinic acid (NSDAPA). The unreacted monoalkylphosphinic acid can be easily removed by a simple base-acid post-treatment and other organic impurities can be separated out through the precipitation of the cobalt salt. The structure of the (2,3-dimethylbutyl)(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid was confirmed by 31P NMR, 1H NMR, ESI-MS, and FT-IR. The purity was determined by a potentiometric titration method, and the results indicate that the purity can exceed 96%.

31P NMR spectra were collected for the mono-(2,3-dimethylbutyl)phosphinic acid before and after purification by the amantadine method (Figure 1a-b). 31P NMR spectra, 1H NMR spectra, MS spectra, and FT-IR spectra were collected for (2,3-dimethylbutyl)(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid (see Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5</str...

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A protocol for the synthesis of high purity nonsymmetric dialkylphosphinic acid extractants is presented, taking (2,3-dimethylbutyl)(2,4,4&#39;-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid as an example.

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Synthesis of Antiviral Tetrahydrocarbazole Derivatives by Photochemical and Acid-catalyzed C-H Functionalization via Intermediate Peroxides CHIPS

The direct functionalization of C-H bonds is an important and long standing goal in organic chemistry. Such transformations can be very powerful in order ...

Synthesis of Immunotargeted Magneto-plasmonic Nanoclusters

Magnetic and plasmonic properties combined in a single nanoparticle provide a synergy that is advantageous in a number of biomedical applications ...

Synthesis of Indoxyl-glycosides for Detection of Glycosidase Activities

Indoxyl glycosides proved to be valuable and versatile tools for monitoring glycosidase activities. Indoxyls are released by enzymatic hydrolysis and are ...

Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids

Control over colloidal assembly is of utmost importance for the development of functional colloidal materials with tailored structural and mechanical ...

Hydroquinone Based Synthesis of Gold Nanorods

Gold nanorods are an important kind of nanoparticles characterized by peculiar plasmonic properties. Despite their widespread use in nanotechnology, the ...

Synthesis of Hierarchical ZnO/CdSSe Heterostructure Nanotrees

A two-step chemical vapor deposition procedure is here employed to prepare tree-like hierarchical ZnO/CdSSe hetero-nanostructures. The structures are ...

Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb2O5 Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area

Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb2O5 Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area

We demonstrate a method for the synthesis of NixNb1-xO catalysts with sponge-like and fold-like nanostructures. By varying the Nb:Ni ratio, a series of ...

Synthesis of Substrate-Bound Au Nanowires Via an Active Surface Growth Mechanism

Advancing synthetic capabilities is important for the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The synthesis of nanowires has always been a ...

Solid-phase Synthesis of [4.4] Spirocyclic Oximes

A convenient synthetic route for spirocyclic heterocycles is well sought after due to the molecule&#39;s potential use in biological systems. By means of ...

Synthesis and Characterization of Amphiphilic Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles covered with a mixture of 1-octanethiol (OT) and 11-mercapto-1-undecane sulfonic acid (MUS) have been extensively studied because of ...