Metal ‘turn-off’, anion ‘turn-on’ gelation cascade in pyridinylmethyl ureas

Offiler, Caroline A.; Jones, Christopher D.; Steed, Jonathan W.

doi:10.1039/c6cc09126a

Metal ‘turn-off’, anion ‘turn-on’ gelation cascade in pyridinylmethyl ureas

Offiler, Caroline A.; Jones, Christopher D.; Steed, Jonathan W.

Authors

Caroline A. Offiler

Christopher D. Jones

Professor Jonathan Steed jon.steed@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Pyridinylmethyl ureas form strong gels in aromatic solvents. The gels are weakened or destroyed by addition of transition metal ions but gelation is recovered by adding bromide anions giving rise to a gel–sol–gel chemically triggered cascade.

Citation

Offiler, C. A., Jones, C. D., & Steed, J. W. (2017). Metal ‘turn-off’, anion ‘turn-on’ gelation cascade in pyridinylmethyl ureas. Chemical Communications, 53(12), 2024-2027. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc09126a

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 18, 2017
Online Publication Date	Jan 20, 2017
Publication Date	Feb 11, 2017
Deposit Date	Feb 7, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jan 18, 2018
Journal	Chemical Communications
Print ISSN	1359-7345
Electronic ISSN	1364-548X
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	53
Issue	12
Pages	2024-2027
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc09126a