A tailored organometallic gelator with enhanced amphiphilic character and structural diversity of gelation

Thorsten Klawonn; Andreas Gansäuer; Iris Winkler; Thorsten Lauterbach; Dieter Franke; Roeland J. M. Nolte; Martin C. Feiters; Hans Börner; Jens Hentschel; Karl Heinz Dötz

doi:10.1039/B701565H

A tailored organometallic gelator with enhanced amphiphilic character and structural diversity of gelation†

Thorsten Klawonn,^a Andreas Gansäuer,*^a Iris Winkler,^a Thorsten Lauterbach,^a Dieter Franke,^a Roeland J. M. Nolte,^b Martin C. Feiters,^b Hans Börner,^c Jens Hentschel^c and Karl Heinz Dötz*^a

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^a Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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^b Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, 1 Toernooivield, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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^c Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
E-mail: hans.boerner@mpikg.mp.de
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Abstract

A cholesterol-appended titanocene gelator was synthesised which forms twisted fibers able to gelate a variety of solvents of different polarity as demonstrated by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques.

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A tailored organometallic gelator with enhanced amphiphilic character and structural diversity of gelation†

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