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Synthesis and self-assembling properties of polymerizable glycolipids
| Guijun Wang, Vibha Sharma, Kristopher Williams, Lousi Dakessian, and Zeus Thornton. Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lake shore drive, New Orleans, LA 70148 |
| Carbohydrates are abundant natural products and readily available chiral compounds. Polysaccharides have been widely utilized in polymer gels for separation and immobilization of enzymes. In recent years, gels formed by small molecules have received much attention. Self assembling of small molecules into supramolecular aggregates is an important method in designing novel materials. Formation of organogels offers a direct and effective way of organizing molecular subunits in the gel state. Incorporating polymerizable functional groups into the gel matrix will provide novel polymer gels with the advantage of self-assembling the monomer in a controlled fashion. New materials with improved mechanical strength and stability can be discovered. In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of several glucose derivatives (I-III) will be presented. The gel forming properties of these glycolipids in water and organic solvents 
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