Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.11, 1042-1043, 2003
Organogel formation of optically active 1,6-di-O-TIPDS-myo-inositol
Two novel optically active myo-inositol derivatives having a bulky alkyl-silyl group as a hydrophobic part were synthesized. These compounds acted as a gelator toward nonpolar hydrophobic solvents such as n-hexane, cyclohexane, and toluene via the formation of an intermolecular (OHO)-O-... hydrogen bonding network.