More than just a catalyst: a novel role for benzylamine in the sol-gel transcription of organogels.
Gelator-catalyst interactions allow the transcription of the organogel structure of methyl-4,6-O-(p-nitrobenzylidene)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (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.
Friggeri
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Chemotransfiguration Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aikawa, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0861, Japan.
Gronwald
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van Bommel
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Shinkai
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Reinhoudt
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