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Inside Cover: Supramolecular Synthons in Designing Low Molecular Mass Gelling Agents: L ‐Amino Acid Methyl Ester Cinnamate Salts and their Anti‐Solvent‐Induced Instant Gelation (Chem. Asian J. 4/2011)
Author(s) -
Sahoo Pathik,
Kumar D. Krishna,
Raghavan Srinivasa R.,
Dastidar Parthasarathi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201190012
Subject(s) - synthon , supramolecular chemistry , chemistry , salt (chemistry) , solvent , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule
Gels are widespread and have attracted worldwide attention for their potential applications in cosmetics and drug delivery. However, designing a gelling agent is a daunting task. In their Full Paper on page 1038 ff., P. Dastidar et al. show how a supramolecular synthon can be exploited to synthesize a new series of gelling agents derived from cinnamate salts of L‐amino acid methyl esters. Single crystal and powder X‐ray data of five gelator salts clearly emphasize the merit of the primary ammonium monocarboxylate (PAM) synthon in designing the gelators.