Silicon-29 and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy is employed to determine the structures of stable five- and six-coordinated organosilicon complexes formed by the addition of certain aliphatic acid carbohydrates (such as gluconic acid, glucoheptonic acid and saccharic acid) to aqueous alkaline silicate solutions.
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Kinrade et al. (2001) studied this question.