Solid-state structure and temperature/evacuation-induced dehydration of sodium saccharinate 1.875 hydrate

Panče Naumov*, Gligor Jovanovski, Orhideja Grupče, Branko Kaitner, A. David Rae, Seik Weng Ng

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    Abstract

    Sweet solution: The P21/n (Z=64) structure of the commercial sweetener sodium saccharinate, which has an unusually large unit cell of 15.6 nm3, is an occupational and displacive modulation of an idealized C2/m (Z=8) structure that results from a structural misfit. This determination (see picture) shows-after more than 150 years of use of the compound as a food additive-that it is better regarded as a 1.875 hydrate than a dihydrate.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1251-1254
    Number of pages4
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume44
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2005

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