Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation

Goh, Ching; Becker, Thomas; Brown, David; Skelton, B.; Jones, Franca; Mocerino, Mauro; Ogden, Mark

doi:10.1039/C1CC11286D

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Authors

Goh, Ching

Becker, Thomas

Brown, David

Skelton, B.

Jones, Franca

Mocerino, Mauro

Ogden, Mark

Date

2011

Type

Journal Article

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Citation

Goh, Ching Yong and Becker, Thomas and Brown, David H. and Skelton, Brian W. and Jones, Franca and Mocerino, Mauro and Ogden, Mark I. 2011. Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation. Chemical Communications. 47 (21): pp. 6057-6059.

Source Title

Chemical Communications

DOI

10.1039/C1CC11286D

ISSN

13597345

School

Nanochemistry Research Institute (Research Institute)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22265

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Solution-phase and solid-state structural studies indicate that the remarkable hydrogelation properties of a proline-functionalised calix[4]arene emerge as a result of extended helical structures formed via inclusion of a proline moiety in a neighbouring calixarene cavity.