Nanostructures and Self-Assembly of Organogels via Benzimidazole/Benzothiazole Imide Derivatives with Different Alkyl Substituent Chains

Table 1

Gelation behaviors of all compounds at room temperature.^a

Solvents	SC16-S	TC16-S	SC16-N	TC16-N
Acetonitrile	I	I	I	I
1,4-Dioxane	S	I	I	G
Isopentanol	I	G	I	G
n-Butyl acrylate	I	I	G	S
Benzene	S	S	S	S
Formaldehyde	I	I	I	I
n-Butanol	G	G	I	G
Petroleum ether	I	S	G	I
Nitrobenzene	S	G	G	G
Tetrachloromethane	S	S	S	S
Acetone	S	I	G	I
Cyclohexanone	S	I	G	S
Cyclopentanone	I	I	G	I
n-Propanol	G	G	I	G
Pyridine	S	S	I	S
THF	S	S	S	S
DMF	I	G	I	G
Ethyl acetate	I	G	I	G
Ethanolamine	G	I	G	I
Isopropanol	I	G	I	G
n-Hexane	I	S	I	S
Aniline	I	G	I	G

 ^aS: solution; G: gel; I: insoluble.