title: Sodium (1R)-d-glucit-1-yl-sulfonate monohydrate.
abstract: The title salt, Na(+)·C(6)H(13)O(9)S(-)·H(2)O, crystallizes with three independent cations, molecular anions and solvent water molecules in the asymmetric unit. This crystalline monohydrate addition product, formed by reaction of d-glucose and sodium hydrogen sulfite in water, forms a three-dimensional network through complex cation coordination and extensive inter-molecular hydrogen bonding. Each of the independent mol-ecules has an open-chain structure with the carbon chains adopting a sickle-like conformation, similar to that found in the potassium salt [Cole et al. (2001 ▶). Carbohydr. Res.335, 1-10], but there are significant differences in the patterns of complexation.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ,  England.
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hughes