Using chirality to influence supramolecular gelation

Kate McAulay; Bart Dietrich; Hao Su; Michael T. Scott; Sarah Rogers; Youssra K. Al-Hilaly; Honggang Cui; Louise C. Serpell; Annela M. Seddon; Emily R. Draper; Dave J. Adams

doi:10.1039/c9sc02239b

Using chirality to influence supramolecular gelation

Kate McAulay, Bart Dietrich, Hao Su, Michael T. Scott, Sarah Rogers, Youssra K. Al-Hilaly, Honggang Cui, Louise C. Serpell, Annela M. Seddon, Emily R. Draper, Dave J. Adams^*

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Most low molecular weight gelators are chiral, with racemic mixtures often unable to form gels. Here, we show an example where all enantiomers, diastereomers and racemates of a single functionalized dipeptide can form gels. At high pH, different self-assembled aggregates are formed and these directly template the structures formed in the gel. Hence, solutions and gels with different properties can be accessed simply by varying the chirality. This opens up new design rules for the field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7801-7806
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Science
Volume	10
Issue number	33
Early online date	3 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc02239b
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 3 Jul 2019

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