Abstract
AbstractThe ability of A*[s]U dinucleosides to gel organic solvents and water is modulated by changing the nature of the substituents at OC(2′) and OC(3′), as evidenced by comparing the gelation of the dinucleosides 7–9 and the properties of the gels. A mere extension of the hydrophobic moiety, by replacing the isopropylidene groups of 2 by cyclohexylidene groups, as in 7, has a small effect, while changing the conformation of the ribose ring and reducing the size of the hydrophobic moiety, as in 8, has a strong effect on the scope of gelation, the minimum gelation concentration, as low as 0.07% for pentanol and decanol, and the properties of the gel. The fully deprotected dinucleoside 9 gels water at a minimal gelation concentration of 0.6%. A TEM of the corresponding xerogel shows the formation of fibers with a diameter of ca. 30 to 90 nm.
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