The invention provides a composite extraction agent and a method for separating gold in
electroplating wastewater by using the composite extraction agent, and belongs to the field of
wastewater purification, the composite extraction agent comprises an extraction main agent and an extraction main agent stabilizer, the extraction main agent is a
diallyl sulfide compound, and the extraction main agent stabilizer is
dithiothreitol. The extraction main agent can form a stable complex with gold ions to enter an organic phase, and a nonlinear space structure of the extraction main agent can realize selective coordination with the gold ions, so that coordination reaction with other
impurity metal ions is avoided; the sulfydryl in the
dithiothreitol molecular structure has reducibility, so that the residual oxidant or dissolved
oxygen in the solution can be prevented from oxidizing the extraction main agent, and the nonlinear
polysulfide structure of the extraction main agent is kept. According to the method, the heterogeneous interface-coordination reaction of the activation sites in the molecular structure of the extracting agent and the gold ions in the inorganic phase is ensured by regulating and controlling the multi-component components of the composite extracting agent, efficient selective
chelation of target
metal is achieved, and the purpose of separating and enriching the gold ions in the gold-containing
electroplating waste liquid is achieved.