Synthesis of a novel axially chiral amphiphile and study on its assembly behavior in two and three dimensionsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b302572a/

Abstract

An axially chiral amphiphile was synthesized and the single crystal of its racemate was characterized by X-ray crystallography. Its three dimensional assembly behaviors in crystallization process and two dimensional assembly behaviors at the air–water interface were investigated by X-ray crystallography and surface-area (π-A) isomers, respectively.