The invention provides an extracting agent for efficiently separating and extracting
scandium and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the field of
solvent extraction. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing DMF (
Dimethyl Formamide), an
aminopolycarboxylic acid chelating agent,
triethylamine and 1-
hydroxybenzotriazole in proportion under an ice
salt bath condition, uniformly stirring, adding 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)
carbodiimide hydrochloride in batches for activation, then adding aliphatic secondary amine, heating, and reacting for 20-30 hours to obtain a reaction solution; after the reaction liquid is cooled, suction
filtration is performed, deionized water is added, and
ethyl acetate is adopted for extraction; then washing,
drying and carrying out rotary
evaporation to obtain an oily substance; adding
petroleum ether into the oily substance, heating and stirring, cooling, removing impurities, and eluting to obtain the extracting agent. The extracting agent prepared by the method only contains four elements of C, H, O and N, meets the standard of an environment-friendly green extracting agent, not only can realize efficient extraction of
scandium ions in a wider acidity range, but also has environment-friendly performance, and has good economic value.