“…Dialkyldithiophosphoric acids are versatile compounds, and have been widely used for analytical and industrial applications. 1-6 Because of preparation and purification problems of long chains dialkyldithiophosphoric acids 2,4 , their use in extraction experiment were rare. Although long chains dialkyldithiophosphoric acids are more easily transferred into the organic phase 5 and more stable against hydrolysis than the short-chain ones, 6 It has been reported that dialkyldithiophosphates having lower alkyl chains such as Me, Et, Pr, i-Pr, Bu, i-Bu, s-Bu, t-Bu, C 5 H 11 , i-C 5 H 11 and 2-Ethylhexyl were used for extraction of metal ions from aqueous solutions.…”