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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1251-1254 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 11 Feb 2005 |