Chemical Communications 2004-11-07

Modular synthesis of formamidines and their formation of stable organogels.

David D Díaz, M G Finn

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (21) , 2514-6, (2004)

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Abstract

An improvement in the practical aspects of formamidine synthesis has resulted in the discovery of a class of compounds which produce organogels in protic solvents, presumably through intermolecular hydrogen bonding and pi-pi stacking interactions.