Synthesis of N,N-Diethyldithiocarbamate Nitrile Ethyl and the Chelating Behaviors with Metal Ions

The N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate nitrile ethyl (NND) was the nonionic polar collector, and it can synthesize the NND in dimethyl sulfoxide solvent. This method can effectively reduce the reaction intensity and the coefficient of the synthetic risk. The purity of NND which we synthesized is 94.23%, and the yield is 91.06%. UV analysis shows that the characteristic absorption peak wavelength of the NND is 276 nm, and its absorbance is 0.901. Based on the interaction of NND + M n+ (M n+ = Fe3+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Pb2+) and the quantum chemical calculation analysis of the NND and ethyl xanthate, we can conclude that the flotation performance of NND should be better than that of ethyl xanthate.