Figure shows the average number of coordinating G3 molecules per molecule (as in Figure ) together with the average number of oxygen atoms per G3 molecule involved in the cationic complex. The respective numbers of oxygen atoms per G3 molecule hereby repre- For x([Li][NTf 2 ]) = 1/3, the number of oxygen atoms contributed from coordinating G3 molecules begins to rise while, at the same time, the number of G3 molecules in the coordination sphere decreases. For the 1:1 mixture, G3 is not overly accessible anymore, and each cation is, on average, surrounded by a single G3 molecule, of which each of the oxygen atoms participates in forming a stable chelate complex. This is in good agreement with the earlier findings of Yoshida et al. and others. Typical cations complexated by all four oxygen atoms of a single G3 molecule are pictured in Figures and. Here, we would like to stress once again that our MD simulations barely show pure cationic clusters for higher salt mole ratios than 1/3 and that the coordination sphere is usually saturated by a coordinative bond to one of the oxygen atoms of an anion in the equimolar mixture. The characteristics of the cation-anion coordination will be further discussed in the next section.