Sugar isoxazole based hydrogelators and their applications as reusable hydrogels for dye removal†

Abstract

A series of eleven new N-acetyl glucosamine isoxazole derivatives were synthesized and analyzed for their self-assembling properties. These glycoconjugates are gelators for several solvents and eight compounds are able to form hydrogels, representing the first class of isoxazole based molecular hydrogelators. The metallogel formation and dye removal application were also studied.