An Easy To Prepare Organic Salt as a Low Molecular Mass Organic Gelator Capable of Selective Gelation of Oil from Oil/Water Mixtures

Abstract

Besides its capability to gelate various organic solvents, dicyclohexyl ammonium 4-chlorocinnamate 1 is shown to perform selective gelation of oil from oil/water mixtures. While the corresponding 3-chloro derivative 2 is an excellent gelator of nonpolar organic solvents, 2-chloro derivative 3 turned out to be a nongelator.