The self-assembly in aqueous solution of the acidic (AS) and lactonic (LS) forms of the sophorolipid biosurfactant, their mixtures, and their mixtures with anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, LAS, has been studied using predominantly small-angle neutron scattering, SANS, at relatively low surfactant concentrations of <30 mM. The more hydrophobic lactonic sophorolipid forms smal...

The first organically directed bismuth thiogermanate, namely [(Me)2NH2][BiGeS4] (), has been solvothermally synthesized and characterized. The structure features a two-dimensional anionic network of [BiGeS4]n(n-), with dimethylammonium as a counterion and a structure-directing agent. is able to undergo ion exchange with Rb(+) ions.

The analytical reagent Nitron is a mesoionic compound whose structure consists of a cationic triazolium unit with an anionic PhN substituent. We provide clear evidence for the existence of a singlet diaminocarbene tautomer whose structure is composed of a 1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene unit bearing an NHPh substituent.

Lithium iron arsenide phases with compositions close to LiFeAs exhibit superconductivity at temperatures at least as high as 16 K, demonstrating that superconducting [FeAs](-) anionic layers with the anti-PbO structure type occur in at least three different structure types and with a wide range of As-Fe-As bond angles.

substituted porphyrins. The structure of the J-aggregates of H4TPPS4 belongs to the chiral space group P21 and includes four porphyrin molecules in its unit cell. The intermolecular stabilization of the zwitterionic units by hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between the positively charged central NH groups and the periphery anionic sulfonato groups results in a structure of porphy...

The structure of the title complex, [V(C8H8NO)3], comprises neutral and discrete complexes, in which the V(III) cation is coordinated by three anionic N-methyl-alicylaldiminate ligands within a slightly distorted mer-N3O3 octa-hedral geometry. In the crystal structure, the mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into supra-molecular chains that extend along the c axis.

The title compound, {(C(10)H(10)N(2))[Cd(SO(4))(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(H(2)O)(2)]·2H(2)O}(n), consists of anionic chains of the Cd complex, diprotonated 4,4'-bipyridinium cations and uncoordinated water mol-ecules. In the anionic chain, the Cd atom lies on a center of inversion in an octa-hedral geometry. The midpoint of the coordinated bipyridine also resides on a center of inversion, as does the n...

In the structure of the title coordination polymer, {(C(8)H(20)N)[Sn(3)(CH(3))(9)(SO(4))(2)]}(n), each of the three Sn(IV) atoms is coordinated in a trigonal-bipyramidal manner by three methyl groups in the equatorial plane and by two O atoms of SO(4) (2-) anions in the axial positions. The μ(3)-bridging mode of the sulfate anions leads to the formation of corrugated anionic layers parallel to ...

The title complex, {[Mn(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)(H(2)O)(2)](C(14)H(9)O(4)S(2))(2)}(n), contains an octa-hedrally coordinated Mn(II) cation and 2-(2-carboxy-phenyl-disulfan-yl)benzoate anions. The Mn(II) center is situated on a crystallographic center of inversion and is coordinated by four 4,4'-bipyridine (4,4'-bipy) ligands and two water mol-ecules. The 4,4'-bipy ligands act as bridging ligands, prod...