“…In the crystal structure of tetraaquabis(hydroxymethanesulfonato)magnesium(II), the sulfonate group and water molecules are involved in coordination (Cameron et al, 1990), whereas in the three other crystal structures, namely hexaaquamagnesiumbis(8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate) hexahydrate (Cody & Hazel, 1977), hexaaqua(1,5-napthalenedisulfonato)magnesium (Cai et al, 2001) and the magnesium salt of 7-hydroxy-8-(phenylazo)-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (Ojala et al, 1994), the sulfonate groups are not involved in coordination and the metal atoms are surrounded only by water molecules. In the crystal structure of tetraaquabis(hydroxymethanesulfonato)magnesium(II), the sulfonate group and water molecules are involved in coordination (Cameron et al, 1990), whereas in the three other crystal structures, namely hexaaquamagnesiumbis(8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate) hexahydrate (Cody & Hazel, 1977), hexaaqua(1,5-napthalenedisulfonato)magnesium (Cai et al, 2001) and the magnesium salt of 7-hydroxy-8-(phenylazo)-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (Ojala et al, 1994), the sulfonate groups are not involved in coordination and the metal atoms are surrounded only by water molecules.…”