Catalytic gels for a prebiotically relevant asymmetric aldol reaction in water: from organocatalyst design to hydrogel discovery and back again

K Hawkins, AK Patterson, PA Clarke… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This paper reports an investigation into organocatalytic hydrogels as prebiotically relevant
systems. Gels are interesting prebiotic reaction media, combining heterogeneous and …

Progress in benzimidazole/benzimidazolium-derived supramolecular gelators in ion recognition

S Panja, K Ghosh - Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The benzimidazole moiety, being a versatile heterocyclic unit, finds potential utility in
multiple applications ranging from material science to medicinal chemistry. Benzimidazole …

In situ conversion of a MOG to a crystalline MOF: a case study on solvent-dependent gelation and crystallization

A Garai, A Goswami, K Biradha - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report in situ transformation of a metal–organic gel (MOG) to a crystalline metal–
organic framework (MOF) and solvent-dependent gelation/crystallization via solvothermal …

Photo-responsive metal–organic gels of rigid phenylene-1, 3-di-substituted angular dienes with metal halides: gel-to-gel transformations triggered by [2+ 2] …

S Sultana, R Mandal, K Biradha - Dalton Transactions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, the first report on gel-to-gel transformations via [2+ 2] photopolymerization in MOGs
of metal halides and rigid dienes is presented. The MOGs and their xerogels show …

Rapid self-healing and anion selectivity in metallosupramolecular gels assisted by fluorine–fluorine interactions

L Arnedo-Sánchez, S Bhowmik, S Hietala… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Simple ML2 [M= Fe (II), Co (II), Ni (II)] complexes obtained from a perfluoroalkylamide
derivative of 4-aminophenyl-2, 2′, 6, 2′-terpyridine spontaneously, yet anion selectively …

A catalytic chiral gel microfluidic reactor assembled via dynamic covalent chemistry

H Liu, J Feng, J Zhang, PW Miller, L Chen, CY Su - Chemical Science, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel dynamic covalent gel strategy is reported to immobilize an asymmetric catalyst
within the channels of a microfluidic flow reactor. A layer of a catalytically active Mn–salen …

Toxic metal–organic gels using a unique pyridine–pyrazole based ligand with Pb (II), Cd (II) and Hg (II) salts: Multi-stimuli responsiveness and toxic dye adsorption

M Roy, A Adhikary, S Saha, R Mondal - Materials Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The present work reports the design and synthesis of a low molecular weight gelator
(LMWG), namely 1-(3-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboylimino) ethyl) phenyl) ethylidene) …

4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde derived Schiff base gelators: case of the sustainability or rupturing of imine bonds towards the selective sensing of Ag+ and Hg 2+ ions via …

A Panja, K Ghosh - New Journal of Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cholesterol appended 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde derived Schiff bases 1–4 were designed
and synthesized. They are explored for the naked-eye detection of metal ions using sol–gel …

Tuning the configuration of the flexible metal–alkene-framework affords pure cycloisomers in solid state photodimerization

Y Wang, MF Wang, DJ Young, H Zhu, FL Hu… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The photochemical [2+ 2] cycloaddition of 3, 5-bis-(2-(pyridin-4-yl) vinyl) pyridine (bpvp) in
the flexible Cd-based metal–alkene frameworks produced different isomeric photoproducts …

Metal–organic gels and coordination networks of pyridine-3, 5-bis (1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl) and metal halides: self sustainability, mechano, chemical …

A Dey, SK Mandal, K Biradha - CrystEngComm, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The molecule pyridine-3, 5-bis (1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl), L1, was shown to form metal–
organic gels (MOGs) upon reaction with CuCl2, CuBr2 or CdBr2 in alcoholic solutions. The …