BACKGROUND: RECENTLY, THE EXTENSIVE EXTRACTION STUDIES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED WITH DIGLYCOLAMIDES (DGAS) AS VERY PROMISING SUBSTANCE CLASS [1]. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THE CHANGE FROM A BIDENTATE LIGAND (E.G. MALONAMIDE) TO A TRIDENTATE DIGLYCOLAMIDE (DGA) SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE AFFINITY FOR TRIVALENT LANTHANIDE IONS, LA+3, THAT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED COMPUTATIONALLY IN OUR PREVIOUS WORKS [2, 3]. …