Issue 3, 2009
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New Journal of Chemistry

A low molecular weight hydro and organogelator derived from an isohexide and sol–gel transcription of the alcogel†

Steven J. Craythorne,a   Ciara L. Pollock,a   Alexander J. Blake,b   Mark Nieuwenhuyzen,a   Andrew C. Marra  and  Patricia C. Marr*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, The David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
E-mail: p.marr@qub.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0) 28 9097 4442

b School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK

Abstract

Heating 2,5-di-O-methanesulfonyl-1,4:3,6-dianhydro-D-sorbitol (1) in a range of solvents led to the formation of a gel state at low concentrations. 1 was found to gel aromatics, alcohols and water. The structure of 1 in the solid state was solved by single crystal X-ray crystallography; no strong hydrogen bonds or associated solvents were found in the crystal. Electron micrographs revealed the morphology of the gels to be predominantly rod-like. The ethanol alcogel was used to template silica by sol–gel transcription.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B814274B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Aug 2008
Accepted
31 Oct 2008
First published
06 Jan 2009

New J. Chem., 2009,33, 479-483

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A low molecular weight hydro and organogelator derived from an isohexide and sol–gel transcription of the alcogel

S. J. Craythorne, C. L. Pollock, A. J. Blake, M. Nieuwenhuyzen, A. C. Marr and P. C. Marr, New J. Chem., 2009, 33, 479 DOI: 10.1039/B814274B

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