4-Perfluoroalkylbutoxybenzene derivatives as liquid crystalline organogelators based on phase-selective gelators

Abstract

4-Perfluoroalkylbutoxybenzene derivatives 1(n) have been prepared as a new class of thermotropic liquid crystalline organogelators incorporating a perfluoroalkyl group without a hydrogen bonding group. Significantly, compounds 1(n) at room temperature act as efficient and rapid phase-selective gelators in a kind of method appropriate for water purification.