The invention belongs to the technical field of wet
metallurgy extraction agents, and particularly relates to an
amide extraction agent and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method of the
amide extracting agent comprises the following steps: (1) putting n-
butyl bromide and sec-
butylamine into a reactor, reacting in a homogeneous reactor for 6-10 hours, washing with a saturated
sodium bicarbonate solution after the reaction is finished, then separating liquid, and carrying out rotary
evaporation on an organic phase to obtain N-butyl sec-
butylamine; (2) dissolving N-butyl sec-
butylamine in an
organic solvent, dropwise adding diglycyl
chloride into the
solvent at-20 to 0 DEG C, reacting at
room temperature for 1-5 hours after dropwise adding, filtering to remove precipitate, washing an organic phase with
hydrochloric acid and secondary water in sequence, removing water with
anhydrous sodium sulfate, performing rotary
evaporation on the organic phase, and performing
vacuum drying on a product to obtain the N, N '-di-n-butyl-N, N'-diglycyl
chloride. The catalyst is N, N '-di-sec-butyl-3-oxoglutaramide.