title: Novel odd/even effect of alkylene chain length on the photopolymerizability of organogelators.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Starting from diactylene diacarboxylic acids, we have synthesized a series of photopolymerizable organogelators that possess simple amide structures, different alkylene chain lengths, and either optically active or racemic 3,7-dimethyl-1-octylamine units. The alkylene chain length of these compounds exhibits a prominent odd/even effect with respect to the photopolymerization in the gel state and is accompanied by a stereostructural effect on the gelation ability.
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken'ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Masabumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaoki