Self-Assembly and Soft Material Preparation of Binary Organogels via Aminobenzimidazole/Benzothiazole and Acids with Different Alkyl Substituent Chains

Table 2

Gelation behaviors via acids with multialkyl substituent chains.

Solvents	S-TriC12	S-TriC14	S-TriC16	S-TriC18	N-TriC12	N-TriC14	N-TriC16	N-TriC18
Aniline	PS	G (1.5)	G (2.0)	G (2.5)	PS	PS	PS	G (2.5)
Benzene	S	S	S	PS	S	PS	PS	I
Acetone	S	PS	I	PS	PS	PS	PS	I
n-Hexane	S	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS	I
Toluene	S	S	S	S	S	PS	PS	PS
Pyridine	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Cyclopentanone	S	S	PS	PS	S	S	PS	I
Cyclohexanone	S	S	PS	PS	S	PS	PS	I
Nitrobenzene	S	S	PS	G (2.0)	PS	PS	PS	G (2.5)
n-Butanol	S	S	PS	PS	S	PS	PS	S
Ethanolamine	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS
n-Butyl acrylate	S	S	S	PS	S	PS	PS	G (2.0)
1,4-Dioxane	S	S	PS	G (2.5)	S	PS	PS	G (2.5)
Petroleum ether	PS	PS	PS	PS	S	PS	I	I
Ethyl acetate	S	S	I	PS	PS	PS	PS	PS
Chloroform	S	S	S	S	S	S	PS	S
Dichloromethane	S	S	S	S	S	S	PS	I
THF	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	PS
DMF	S	PS	PS	G (2.0)	S	PS	PS	G (2.0)
DMSO	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

DMF: dimethylformamide; THF: tetrahydrofuran; DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide; S: solution; PS: partially soluble; G: gel; I: insoluble; for gels, the critical gelation concentrations at room temperature are shown in parentheses (% w/v).