More than just a catalyst: a novel role for benzylamine in the sol–gel transcription of organogels?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2001-11-08 DOI: 10.1039/B108148A

Abstract

Gelator–catalyst interactions allow the transcription of the organogel structure of methyl-4,6-O-(p-nitrobenzylidene)-α-D-g lucopyranoside (1) into its silica analogue, even in the absence of positive charges or H-bonding sites on the gelator molecule which, until now, were considered indispensable.

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