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Royal Society of Chemistry, CrystEngComm, 2(22), p. 169-172, 2020

DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01599j

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Complex transitions between dihydrate and anhydrate forms of ectoine – unexpected behavior of a highly hygroscopic compatible solute in the solid state

Journal article published in 2020 by Wilhelm Maximilian Hützler ORCID, Estelle Mossou ORCID, Ronnald Vollrath, Miriam Kohagen, Imadine El Ghrissi, Martin Grininger ORCID, Giuseppe Zaccai, Jens Smiatek ORCID, Dieter Oesterhelt
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Abstract

Crystallizing the compatible solute ectoine from water yields a metastable dihydrate that readily degrades to a highly hygroscopic anhydrate at ambient conditions; this strange behavior is examined and a rationale is presented.