CdI 2 in water was extracted with 18-crown-6 ether (L) into 10 diluents at 298 K. The following equilibrium constants were determined or evaluated: some extraction constants (K ex /mol −3 •dm 9 & K ex,ip /mol −2 •dm 6 for CdLI 2 , K ex± /mol −2 •dm 6 for CdLI + with I − , & K ex2± /mol −1 •dm 3 for CdL 2+ with 2I −), conditional distribution constants (K D,I for I − , K D,CdLI for CdLI + , & K D,CdL for CdL 2+) between the two phases, and an ion-pair formation constant (K 1,org /mol −1 •dm 3) for CdLI + and that (K 2,org /mol −1 •dm 3) for CdLI 2 in the organic (org) phases. Using the K 1,org and K 2,org values, acidities of the complex ions, CdL 2+ and CdLA + (A − = I − , Br − , & Cl −), in the 11 diluents were classified by applying the HSAB rule. Especially, the CdLA + ions were classified as the soft acids in 9 diluents. Also, molar volumes (V j /cm 3 •mol −1) of j = CdLI 2 and CdL 2+ were determined with the regular-solution-theory plot of logK ex,ip vs. logK D,L and its pseudo-plot of logK D,CdL , respectively. Here, K D,L denotes the distribution constant of L between the two phases. So, sizes among CdLA 2 and CdL 2+ were compared by using the V j values. Additionally, some distribution equilibrium potentials (dep/V) between the water and org bulk phases were topically calculated from an equation of K D,I with S D,I K , where the symbol S D,I K shows a standard distribution constant of I − at dep = 0 V for a given diluent.