Purpose of the study. Based on the results of the study of salts of 2(4)-octylaminopyridines (2(4)-OAP) by physical methods and their distribution in the two-phase system water-chloroform, establish the patterns of ion-exchange extraction of anions using aromatic amines.Methods. Chemical synthesis of 2(4)-OAP and their halides, spectrophotometry to determine the concentration of 2(4)-OAP in the aqueous and organic phase, characterization of 2(4)-OAP and their halides by IR, PMR and ESCA spectroscopy.Results. Synthesized by original methods and identified 2(4)-OAP and their halides. The distribution constants of 2-aminopyridine and 4-OAP salts with a singly charged anion in the water–chloroform two-phase system were determined. It is shown that the obtained constants increase in the following order: F-<Сl-<NO3-<Br-<ClO4-<SCN-<I-. In this case, a linear correlation between the logarithms of the constants and the hydration energy of anions in thisseries as a whole, which is typical for extraction with aliphatic amines and quaternary ammonium bases (FABs), is not observed. The results of the study of 2(4)-OAP halides by physical methods indicate a redistribution of the electron density in the aromatic cation depending on the nature of the anion, which ensures the selectivity of the extraction of “soft” (according to Pearson) 2(4)-OAP anions from aqueous media.Conclusion. The patterns of anion-exchange extraction of 2(4)-OAP, as well as, apparently, other aromatic amines, on the one hand, and aliphatic amines and PAO, on the other hand, coincide only with respect to “hard” anions. The situation changes during the extraction of "soft" anions. Due to the specificity of interionic interaction, aromatic amines are more selective with respect to "soft" anions, including, apparently, some acid complexes of "soft" metal cations, for example, with respect to halide complexes of platinum and other rare metals that are extracted by 2(4)-OAP better than by aliphatic amines and PAO.