“…The association of aryl and alkylsulfonates, alkylsulfates, alkylborates, and other anions with cations such as alkyl and arylammonium, tetraphenylarsonium, and tetraphenylphosphonium has been reported. 2,6,11 Other phenomenon, typical for aqueous dye solutions, is the association of dye ions with surfactant ions of opposite charge within the concentration range below the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of surfactant homomicelles, leading to step-by-step formation of poorly soluble salts and mixed dye-surfactant micelles. 12,13 The interactions of such a kind are often accompanied by prominent changes in the Vis spectra as, for instance, in the case of the association of hydroxyxanthene anions with quaternary ammonium drugs, 14 or of the cationic dye neutral red with n-dodecylsulfate.…”