Cyclic bis-urea compounds as gelators for organic solvents

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 937-950

  Van Esch, Jan ^a   Schoonbeek, Franck ^a   De Loos, Maaike ^a   Kooijman, Huub ^b   Spek, Anthony L ^b   Kellogg, Richard M ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gels; Hydrogen bonds; Molecular modeling; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 2 PROPANOL; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HEXADECANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; UREA DERIVATIVE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GELATINIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED RADIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033050936     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19990301)5:3<937::AID-CHEM937>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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