The Journal of organic chemistry

Synthesis and properties of ABA amphiphiles

Y Chen, GL Baker

Index: Chen, Yiyan; Baker, Gregory L. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 64, # 18 p. 6870 - 6873

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Citation Number: 88

Abstract

Some of the simplest and most versatile surfactants are combinations of linear alkyl and poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) segments in an AB or ABA pattern, where A represents the alkyl portion and B corresponds to the PEG segment. We are particularly interested in amphiphilic molecules that have an ABA structure because they self-assemble to give ordered solid- state materials10, 11 and serve as models for understanding the ionmolecule complexes ...