RESEARCH ARTICLE

2,5-Dialkoxylphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles as efficient organogelators and their self-assembling property

  • Zipei SUN ,
  • Xuelin DONG ,
  • Yan ZHAI ,
  • Ziyan Li ,
  • Yaodong HUANG
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  • Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Received date: 21 Feb 2014

Accepted date: 22 Mar 2014

Published date: 22 May 2014

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

Four 2,5-dialkoxylphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles are shown to be efficient organogelators. These compounds readily form stable gels in many organic solvents and their gelation property as well as supramolecular structures were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis). The results indicate that the gelator molecules self-assemble into gels with elongated fibrous networks and layer structures, and van der Waals interaction is the main driving force.

Cite this article

Zipei SUN , Xuelin DONG , Yan ZHAI , Ziyan Li , Yaodong HUANG . 2,5-Dialkoxylphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles as efficient organogelators and their self-assembling property[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2014 , 8(2) : 219 -224 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-014-1418-x

Acknowledgement

This work was financially supported by the Graduate School of Tianjin University.
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