Stoichiometry of Inclusion Compounds

Abstract

A RECENT study¹ of the formation of a variety of inclusion compounds by potassium benzene sulphonate led to the conclusion that it could form zeolitic structures in the interstices of which various species could be intercalated. Such structures would give Langmuir-type intercalation isotherms^2,3, but the whole isotherm course would not necessarily be realizable because, when the content of included molecules fell below a certain limit, the zeolitic structure may become metastable and collapse into a sorbate-free but more compact crystal lattice of potassium benzene sulphonate.