Organic salt compositions in extraction processes

Claim 1

A composition of matter, being a solid salt, of the formula: [C] [A] wherein [C] is a monovalent or divalent cation selected from the group consisting of the formulae: [R.sub.4 Q] [R.sub.3 R'Q] [R.sub.3 Q-L-QR.sub.3 ], and [A] is a monovalent or divalent anion or a solid polyanionic metal oxide selected from the group consisting of the formulae: [R".sub.4 M] [AS] [R".sub.3 M-L'-MR".sub.3 ] wherein Q is independently N, P or As; R is independently selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, biphenylyl, and their monochloro and monomethyl derivatives; R' is independently selected from the group consisting of benzyl, naphthylmethyl, and their monochloro and monomethyl derivatives; linear and branched C 6 -C 12 alkyl; cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, adamantyl, bicyclooctyl, their monomethyl, dimethyl, partially fluorinated and partially chlorinated derivatives; R" is independently selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, phenoxy, naphthoxy, and their methyl, polymethyl, chloro, polychloro, fluoro and polyfluoro derivatives; L is --CH 2 (p--C 6 H 4 )CH 2 --; L' is p-C 6 H 4 ; M is B or Al; [AS] comprises a solid polyanionic metal oxide in which the metal is independently selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ti, Zr, Th, Hf, W, B and mixtures thereof; and wherein the number of cations and anions are sufficient to render the salt electrically neutral.