How do liquid mixtures solubilize insoluble gelators? Self-assembly properties of pyrenyl-linker-glucono gelators in tetrahydrofuran–water mixtures

…, Z Xu, KK Diehn, SR Raghavan, Y Fang…

Index: Yan, Ni; Xu, Zhiyan; Diehn, Kevin K.; Raghavan, Srinivasa R.; Fang, Yu; Weiss, Richard G. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 24 p. 8989 - 8999

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Abstract

The self-assembly behavior of a series of glucono-appended 1-pyrenesulfonyl derivatives containing α, ω-diaminoalkane spacers (P n, where n, the number of methylene units separating the amino groups, is 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8) in v: v tetrahydrofuran (THF): water mixtures is examined at room temperature. The P n at 2 w/v% concentrations do not dissolve in either THF or water at room temperature. However, the P n can be dissolved in some ...