Issue 21, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation†‡

Ching Yong Goh,a   Thomas Becker,a   David H. Brown,a   Brian W. Skelton,b   Franca Jones,a   Mauro Mocerino*a  and  Mark I. Ogden*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Australia
E-mail: m.mocerino@curtin.edu.au, m.ogden@curtin.edu.au
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Tel: +618 9266 3838

b School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia

Abstract

Solution-phase and solid-state structural studies indicate that the remarkable hydrogelation properties of a proline-functionalised calix[4]arene emerge as a result of extended helical structures formed via inclusion of a proline moiety in a neighbouring calixarene cavity.

Graphical abstract: Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC11286D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 mrt 2011
Accepted
04 apr 2011
First published
21 apr 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6057-6059

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Self-inclusion of proline-functionalised calix[4]arene leads to hydrogelation

C. Y. Goh, T. Becker, D. H. Brown, B. W. Skelton, F. Jones, M. Mocerino and M. I. Ogden, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6057 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC11286D

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