Six aniline-based compounds with different alkyl chain lengths ranging from 4 to 14 were synthesized from 2-aminobenzenethiol and 1-bromoalkane. The aniline-based compounds were used as collectors for the investigation of the flotation effect on copper sulfide ores. Chalcopyrite flotation showed that copper recovery tended to increase and then decrease with increasing alkyl chain length (C4 → C14). The highest copper recovery was achieved using 2-(dodecylthio)aniline (2-DDA) with a chain length of 12 at pH 9 and a concentration of 8 × 10−4 mol/L, which was higher than that of the conventional collector PAX. The flotation results of actual low-grade copper sulfide ores showed the same trend of alkyl chain length and copper recovery of aniline-based compounds as the flotation of chalcopyrite samples. And the flotation performance of aniline-based compounds, especially those with longer chains, was generally better than that of PAX. Surface tension tests showed that the surface tension of aniline-based compounds decreased with increasing alkyl chain length, but the reduction in surface tension gradually decreased. An appropriate increase in alkyl chain length is favorable to the enhancement of the collector’s floatability. The adsorption experiments showed that the maximum adsorption rate of aniline-based compounds on the surface of chalcopyrite could reach 99.7% from 2-DDA, and the order of adsorption capacity was consistent with the flotation results. According to the FT-IR spectroscopy analysis and coordination chemistry theory, it was speculated that the aniline-based compounds might form a five-membered ring with copper on chalcopyrite through the coordination of the amino and thiol groups. The hydrophobic association of the long-chain alkyl groups further enhanced the floatability of aniline-based compounds on the mineral surface.
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