NMR evidence of pentaoxo organosilicon complexes in dilute neutral aqueous silicate solutions

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2001-08-03 DOI: 10.1039/B104713M

Abstract

Silicon-29 NMR spectra of a neutral, dilute aqueous silicic acid solution, with a pH and Si concentration typical of soil solutions, reveal that a significant fraction of the silicon is incorporated in two five-coordinated organosilicon complexes when sodium gluconate is present.

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