title: More than just a catalyst: a novel role for benzylamine in the sol-gel transcription of organogels.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chemotransfiguration Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Aikawa, Kurume, Fukuoka 839-0861, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friggeri
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gronwald
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: van Bommel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reinhoudt