Structurally simple, renewable-resource-based cardanyl (glucoside)s [
1, 1-
O-3'-
n-(pentadecyl) phenyl-
-
D-glucopyranoside;
2, 1-
O-3'-
n-(8'(
Z)-pentadecenyl)phenyl-
-
D-glucopyranoside;
3, 1-
O-3'-
n-(8'(
Z),11'(
Z)-pentadecadienyl)phenyl-
-
D-glucopyranoside,
4; 1-
O-3'-
n-(8'(
Z),11'(
Z),14'-pentadecatrienyl)phenyl-
-
D-glucopyranoside; and the mixture
5] form thermally reversible transparent gels in a water/alcohol mixtureand a number of organic solvents, strongly influenced by the unsaturation of the aliphatic alkyl chain. DSCstudies revealed that the
Tgel of
1 in water/ethanol (1:1, vol/vol) gel is 69.0
C, while of the introductionof a single double bond reduces the value to
30.0
C in the case of monoene
2, indicating that the stabilityof the gel is related to the number of double bonds on the lipophilic part of the gelator. Furthermore, XRDmeasurements showed that the aqueous gel
1 maintains an interdigitated bilayered structure with 3.1
4nm long-range ordering, and the corresponding organogel maintains an extended bilayer structure for 4.3
4nm, indicating a clear difference in the aggregation behavior in different solvents.