%0 Journal Article %J Soft Matter %D 2011 %T Ferrocene based organometallic gelators: a supramolecular synthon approach %A Sahoo, Pathik %A Puranik, Vedavati G. %A Patra, A. K. %A Sastry, P. U. %A Dastidar, Parthasarathi %X

The supramolecular synthon namely primary ammonium dicarboxylate (PAD) synthon has been exploited to generate a new series of salt based low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) derived from ferrocenedicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and primary amines Me-(CH2)(n)-NH2 (n = 3-15). While most of the salts are capable of forming gels with DMSO and DMF, nearly all of them show a tendency to form gels with at least one of the solvents studied. Structure property correlation based on single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction data in combination with optical-, scanning-, and transmission-electron microscopy reveals that the supramolecular synthon approach adopted herein for designing LMWGs is indeed useful and allows one to get an easy access to a new series of organometallic gelators.

%B Soft Matter %I ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY %C THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND %V 7 %P 3634-3641 %8 FEB %G eng %N 7 %3 Foreign %4 4.34 %R 10.1039/c0sm01148g