Sugar-Integrated Gelators of Organic Solvents—Their Remarkable Diversity in Gelation Ability and Aggregate Structure

1999208 citationsJournal Article

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Kenji Yoza · Japan Science and Technology Agency

Natsuki Amanokura · Japan Science and Technology Agency

Yoshiyuki Ono · Japan Science and Technology Agency

Tetsuyuki Akao · Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center

Hideyuki Shinmori · Kyushu University

Masayuki Takeuchi · Kyushu University

Seiji Shinkai

Abstract

A drastic change in the solubility and gelation properties of 1-O-methyl-4,6-O-benzylidene derivatives of monosaccharides (see figure) results from the change in the configuration of only one carbon atom.

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Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

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Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal

Volume 5, Issue 9, pp. 2722-2729

DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19990903)5:9<2722::aid-chem2722>3.0.co;2-n

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Sugar-Integrated Gelators of Organic Solvents—Their Remarkable Diversity in Gelation Ability and Aggregate Structure

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