“…During the past few decades, large quantities of extractants have been evaluated for the separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides from acidic feeds. − Among the various ligands, diglycolamide (DGA)-type ligands are considered to be some of the most effective and promising ligands in the proposed “actinide partitioning” program. ,− DGA ligands dissolved in nonpolar diluents such as n -dodecane show a high affinity for trivalent actinides and lanthanides because of the formation of reverse-micelle-like molecular aggregates in nitric acid solutions. − Several investigations reported that three or four TODGA molecules participated in the coordination of the trivalent actinides or lanthanides ions, which were evidenced by EXAFS studies, crystal structures, and other fundamental spectroscopic method. − Therefore, based on the ligand N , N , N ′, N ′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA), more pre-organized DGA derivatives containing 2–4 DGA units in one molecule were synthesized and evaluated for the extraction of trivalent actinides and lanthanides from nitric acid. − Recent investigations focused on these DGA derivatives, such as tripodaldiglycolamides (T-DGA), − DGA-functionalized macrocyclic diglycolamide (T12C4ODGA), − DGA-functionalized pillar[5]arenes, − and N -pivot tripodal DGA (TREN-DGA), ,− show the outstanding extraction ability of trivalent actinides with excellent selectivity over plutonium and uranium. Among these DGA derivatives, a novel water-soluble ligand TEE-BisDGA was used as a masking agent for the selective extraction of Am(III) over Eu(III) by NTaAmide into kerosene, and a maximum separation factor of ∼26 for Am(III) over Eu(III) was achieved .…”