“…For these reasons, we have explored such compounds over many years (Schaefer et al, 2003;Sta ¨hler et al, 2001;Schur et al, 1998Schur et al, , 2001Kiebach et al, 2004;Spetzler et al, 2004;Lu ¨hmann et al, 2008;Pienack et al, 2008b). In the beginning, we synthesized new thioantimonates using elemental antimony, sulfur and amine molecules under solvothermal conditions but later we found that ISSN 2056-9890 many of these compounds are also available under solvothermal conditions if Schlippesches salt (Na 3 SbS 4 Á9H 2 O) or NaSbS 3 are used as reactants (Anderer et al, 2014(Anderer et al, , 2016Danker et al, 2020). In this case, different SbS x species are present in solution, because Schlippesches salt is unstable and forms different reactive species such as [SbS 3 O] 3À , HS À , [S 2 O 3 ] 2À or [SbS 4 ] 3À anions (Rammelsberg, 1841;Long & Bowen, 1970;Mosselmanns et al, 2000;Planer-Friedrich & Scheinost, 2011;Planer-Friedrich & Wilson, 2012;Anderer et al, 2014).…”