Alkali metal halides can be extracted from aqueous solution by solid-phase ditopic salt receptors (see J.M. Mahoney,
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Alkali metal halides can be extracted from aqueous solution by solid-phase ditopic salt receptors (see J.M. Mahoney, A.M. Beatty, and B.D. Smith, Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 7617).
(a) What is a ditopic receptor?
(b) What is the order of selectivity to extraction of the alkali metal ions in aqueous solution?
(c) What is the order of selectivity to extraction from the solid phase?
(d) Explain the observed order of selectivity.
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