Carboxylic acids are examples of compounds with wide industrial applications and high potential, This article presents the principles of reactive extraction along with the character-istics of tertiary amine extractants, while is given on considering the effect of the amine class and chain length, As such a brief overview the current research on reactive extraction, including the recovery of citric acid, selective amine-based extraction , and extractive fermentation is given. When discussing extractive fermentation strategies for reducing solvent toxicity are also suggested based on specific examples. Finally, solvent regeneration and stripping of extracted acid explained.