Tetrahedron Letters

A hexaazatriphenylene-based organogel that responds to silver (I) with high selectivity under aqueous condition

ZG Tao, X Zhao, XK Jiang, ZT Li

Index: Tao, Zhi-Gang; Zhao, Xin; Jiang, Xi-Kui; Li, Zhan-Ting Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 14 p. 1840 - 1842

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Abstract

A hexaazatriphenylene (HAT)-based gelator was developed. It exhibits excellent gelation ability. The resulting organogel shows very high selectivity toward Ag+ ion under aqueous condition in the form of gel–sol transformation. The mechanism of such transformation was also investigated through UV–vis spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction.