Small molecular gelators are a class of compounds with potential applications for soft biomaterials. Low molecular weight hydrogelators are especially useful for exploring biomedical applications. Previously, we found that 4,6-O-benzylidene acetal protected D-glucose and D-glucosamine are well-suited as building blocks for the construction of low molecular weight gelators. To better understand ...

Department of Applied Physics II, University of Málaga, Málaga 29013, Spain, Grupo de Ingenierı́a Quı́mica, Departamento de Quı́mica Aplicada, Universidad del Paı́s Vasco, Apartado 1072, San Sebastián 20080, Spain, Biocolloid and Fluid Physics Group, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain, and Group of Complex Fluids Physics, Department of Ap...

Core-polymerized and boron-conjugated micelles (PM micelles) were prepared by free radical copolymerization of a PEG-b-PLA block copolymer bearing an acetal group and a methacryloyl group (acetal-PEG-b-PLA-MA), with 1-(4-vinylbenzyl)-closo-carborane (VB-carborane), and the utility of these micelles as a tumor-targeted boron delivery system was investigated for boron neutron capture therapy (BNC...

fatemeh karimi tabar was born in asadabad/hamedan (iran) in 1986. she completed her b.sc. in chemistry in 2008 from bu-ali sina university, hamedan, iran. she was graduated from m.sc. degree in organic chemistry from shiraz university 2010, shiraz, iran. she is currently organic chemistry ph.d student under the supervision of prof. m.a. zolfigol and prof. a. khazaei in department of chemistry a...

Cyclochiral resorcinarenes, that maintain their cyclochirality by means of hydrogen bonds, were synthesized by a sequence of reactions involving the Mannich reaction, removal of the N,O-acetal bridge and subsequent N-substitution with an RCO group. During this study it was found that ethyl nitroacetate is a mild and very efficient agent for N,O-acetal bridge removal. The resulting resorcinarene...

Carbohydrates are naturally occurring and well distributed, and are the most important building blocks of the biosphere. These evolutionary and biologically important organic compounds are present on Earth in different forms. Traditionally, on the basis of the number of sugar units, carbohydrates are classified into three groups: monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides. The natur...