Journal
TETRAHEDRON
Volume 64, Issue 51, Pages 11558-11567Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.10.036
Keywords
Gels; Hydrogen bonds; Self-assembly; Ureas
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- Tokuyama Science Foundation
- Kurata Grant
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C-3-Symmetry tris-urea low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) (1), which shows chemical stimuli responsible for a sol-gel phase transition, was divided into five regions. Based on the division, 22 derivatives were synthesized. The gelation ability of these derivatives was tested in nine organic solvents with a wide range of values for relative static permittivity (epsilon(r)-47.2-1.89). Some derivatives showed a better performance as LMWGs than the original tris-urea LMWG (1). For example, the critical gelation concentration (CGC) in acetone was improved from 1.5 wt % to 0.5 wt % by changing the core substituent (18). Highly versatile LMWG for a variety of solvents was obtained by changing the linker moiety (23). Structural information to design tris-urea LMWGs is important to create rationally a functional supramolecular gel. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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