CC BY 4.0 · SynOpen 2023; 07(04): 694-702
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1720100
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Low Molecular Weight Supramolecular Allobetuline-, Cyclohexanol-, or Undecanol-Appended 1,2,3-Triazole-Based Gelators: Synthesis and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

Victoria Lipson
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
b   School of Chemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
c   State Institution ‘V. Ya. Danilevsky Institute for Endocrine Pathology Problems’, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
,
Oleg Zhikol
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
,
Svetlana Shishkina
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
b   School of Chemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
,
Alexander Semenenko
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
,
Karina Kulyk
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
,
Pavel Mateychenko
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
,
Vladimir Musatov
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
,
Alexander Mazepa
d   A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine
,
Vladimir Vakula
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
c   State Institution ‘V. Ya. Danilevsky Institute for Endocrine Pathology Problems’, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
,
Alexander Borisov
e   ENAMINE Ltd, Kyiv, Ukraine
,
Alexander Kyrychenko
a   State Scientific Institution, ‘Institute for Single Crystals’ of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 60, Nauky ave., Kharkiv 61001, Ukraine
b   School of Chemistry, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
› Author Affiliations
The authors thank the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for financial support in the frame of the projects «Development of methodology «click»-chemistry for create components for advanced complexing materials» (0117U001280).


Abstract

Three novel isomeric supramolecular allobetuline-appended 1,2,3-triazole-based potential gelators and two model compounds with cyclohexanol or undecanol fragments in the structure instead of the triterpenoid platform were synthesized. Their ability to form gels in different solvents was studied experimentally and computationally by molecular dynamics simulations and quantum chemical calculations. We found that the gelling ability of such compounds is driven by the binding energy of intermolecular tail substituent interactions. The less significant factor is the molecule unfolding in a solvent, providing that the gelling substance is actually soluble. Preferred unfolded conformations were identified by classical molecular dynamics simulation and suggested the most prospective 1,2,3-triazole-based potential gelators.

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Publication History

Received: 23 August 2023

Accepted after revision: 15 November 2023

Article published online:
18 December 2023

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