Аннотация:Glass formation in the Mg(CH3COO)2–(CH3)2SO–H2O system is found to occur and studied by calorimetry, IR spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. Experimental and quantum-chemical data are analyzed jointly in terms of the previously recognized structure-formation laws in aqueous and nonaqueous solutions. The first low-toxicity cryoprotector is developed and tested. The structure and energy parameters of polymer chains are determined in three glass-forming compositions of the Mg(CH3COO)2–(CH3)2SO–H2O system. The structure of these chains, which are built of magnesium hexasolvates linked via CH3COO− ions and water molecules, is found to obey the structure formation laws that operate in solutions. Competition among (CH3)2SO, H2O, and CH3COO− species for entering the first coordination sphere of Mg2+ is studied. The hydrogen-bonded crystallization-resistant glasses are found to differ from crystallization-liable glasses by higher specific linking strengths (referred to the unit weight) of polymer-chain units.