The invention provides a substituted
imidazole compound, a
rhenium extraction agent, a preparation method of the
rhenium extraction agent and a method for separating
molybdenum and
rhenium, and relates to the technical field of
hydrometallurgy. The
structural formula of the substituted
imidazole compound is shown in the specification. The substituted
imidazole compound takes an imidazole ring as a molecular skeleton, the imidazole ring is modified through a
substitution reaction, a plurality of aromatic ring functional groups are introduced, and the hydrophobic property, steric hindrance and
electron density of a rhenium extraction agent are adjusted, so that the rhenium extraction agent is more favorable for being combined with ReO4 <-> to realize separation, and the water-phase
solubility of the extraction agent is reduced, thereby reducing the
dissolution loss of the extraction agent; a large-steric-hindrance aromatic ring is introduced to react with quaternization, an aliphatic chain is introduced to an N-
active site, and the electrical property of an imidazole ring and the distribution condition of
electron clouds are adjusted, so that a Z-bond network is formed in an organic phase and can be effectively bonded with
perrhenic acid radical ions;
lone pair electrons of the N-activation site and imidazole ring conjugated
electron cloud cooperate with each other, so that
perrhenate ions can be combined to the maximum extent.