“…On the other hand, coordinately saturated chelates such as tris-(acetylacetonato)metals(III), [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] tris(8-quinolinolato)metals (III), 6,8,9 and tris(4-isopropyltropolonato)metals(III) 10 of aluminium(III), 1,9 scandium(III), 2 chromium(III), 3 iron(III), 4,8,10 cobalt(III), 5,6 gallium(III), 7,9 and indium(III) 7,9 have been found to form stable association complexes with proton donors such as chlorinated phenols in the organic phase. This phenomenon has been ascribed to the hydrogen-bond formation between coordinating oxygen atoms of the chelates and a hydroxy hydrogen atom of the phenols and also applied to synergistic extraction.…”