“…The formation of synergistic adducts containing a β-diketone as the acidic component (acetylacetone, benzoylacetone [117][118][119], pivaloyltrifluoroacetone [120], thenoyltrifluoroacetone [121][122][123][124][125][126][127], LIX 54 (a β-diketone derivative) [128] and 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-benzoyl-5-pyrazolone [129] and bidentate chelating agents, 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2 -bipyridyl, have been reported for many metals under a variety of conditions. For example, synergistic effects of seven bidentate amines, S: 2,2 -bipyridyl, and 1,10-phenanthroline and its derivatives, on the extraction of zinc (II) with 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone, HTTA, in benzene were investigated with established dominant extracted species Zn (TTA) 2 •S in every system [130]; see Figure 9. The addition of the amines, even at a low concentration (<10 −5 mol dm −3 ), caused a remarkable improvement in D, while at higher concentrations, a lowering of the D was observed because of the masking effect of amines in the aqueous phase.…”