US 11,999,685 B1
Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction of copper and zinc ions from real samples using selective organoselenium-based ligands
Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Al-Ahsa (SA); Saadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan, Al-Ahsa (SA); Mai Mustafa Khalaf Ali, Al-Ahsa (SA); Mohamed Gouda, Al-Ahsa (SA); and Wael I. Mortada, Al-Ahsa (SA)
Assigned to KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY, Al-Ahsa (SA)
Filed by KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY, Al-Ahsa (SA)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,941.
Application 18/244,941 is a division of application No. 18/113,505, filed on Feb. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,919,843.
Int. Cl. G01N 1/40 (2006.01); C07C 391/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC C07C 391/02 (2013.01) [G01N 1/4044 (2013.01); G01N 33/1813 (2013.01); Y10T 436/107497 (2015.01); Y10T 436/255 (2015.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining metal ions in a sample, the method comprising:
complexing an organoselenium compound with a metal ion in the sample to obtain a complex; and
extracting the complex in a volume of an alcohol;
wherein the organoselenium compound has the formula III:

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
or a salt, stereoisomer, or solvate thereof, wherein
each X is the same and is hydrogen; and
R is ethyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl, or ethylphenyl.