During the course of conducting a series of studies concerning the solvent extraction of several metal ions by 2-hydroxy-4-(1-methylethyl)-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one (4-isopropyltropolone; Hipt), it was found that dinuclear chelate complexes of several metal ions were extracted.1-3 Since only chloroform 1,2 or only toluene 3 was used as the solvent in those studies, the effects of the solvent on the extraction and formation of dinuclear chelate complexes of these metal ions were not investigated. However, it has been reported that the formation of polynuclear species with several extractants, such as carboxylic acids, was quite different for different diluents. [4][5][6] It is thus assumed that such a diluent effect should also be found regarding the formation of dinuclear chelate complexes with 4-isopropyltropolone. In the present work, the effects of the diluent on the extraction and formation of dinuclear chelate complexes of europium(III) with 4-isopropyltropolone were studied when the solvent used was carbon tetrachloride, toluene, or 4-methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK). The results were compared with those obtained when the diluent was chloroform, as described in a previous paper.