“…noble metals, 4,13,14 actinides, [15][16][17] lanthanides, 17 and heavy metals, such as zinc, iron, cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, chromium, mercury, cobalt, and manganese. [1][2][3][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][18][19][20][21][22][23] Also, PIMs were applied for the transport of such organic compounds as oxalic, tartaric, lactic or citric acid. [24][25][26] Our team described the removal of Zn(II), Fe(II) and Fe(III) from single-metal-ion chloride aqueous solutions with PIMs containing trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride (Cyphos IL 101) or trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium bis (2,4,4trimethylpentyl)phosphinate (Cyphos IL 104) as metal ion carriers [6][7][8] and showed that Cyphos IL 101 is a more effective carrier of Fe(III) than of Zn(II).…”