Instant gelation of various organic fluids including petrol at room temperature by a new class of supramolecular gelators

Trivedi, Darshak R. ; Dastidar, Parthasarathi (2006) Instant gelation of various organic fluids including petrol at room temperature by a new class of supramolecular gelators Chemistry of Materials, 18 (6). pp. 1470-1478. ISSN 0897-4756

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Official URL: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cm0523586

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm0523586

Abstract

The supramolecular synthon concept has been exploited to generate a series of new organo gelators derived from salts of a primary amine and various derivatives of cinnamic acid. One such gelator, namely, benzylammonium cinnamate 13 (CIN) displays instant gelation ability at room temperature either with or without a brief exposure to sound. Most interestingly, inflammable commercial fluids such as petrol can be gelled instantly by 13 (CIN) at room temperature, which may find real-life applications in containing oil spill, oil mopping, and convenient transport of oil. Analyses of the single-crystal structures of eight salts suggest that structure−property correlation studies in gel research is quite important so that a rational approach may be undertaken to obtain facile synthesis of new gelator compounds.

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