Cation-responsive silver-selective organogel-exploiting silver-alkene interactions in the gel-phase.
We report a gelator that is responsive to Ag(+) and Li(+) cations but unresponsive to Na(+) and K(+), and demonstrate that silver-alkene interactions play a vital role in mediating the selective gel-sol response to Ag(+).
Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
William
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Edwards
David K
DK
Smith