Two poly(benzyl ether) dendrons, decorated in their periphery with nitrile groups, were divergently synthesized and fully characterized. Their gelation properties were studied by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray crystal structure analysis and concentration-and temperature-dependent 1 H NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the gelation capability of these dendrons was highly dependent on dendron generation, and the second-generation dendron G 2 -CN proved to be highly efficient

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... nogelator despite the lacking of any conventional gelation motifs, such as amides, long alkyl side chains and steroidal groups. The multiple strong - stacking interactions and hydrogen bonding interactions due to the peripheral isophthalonitrile motifs were proved to be the main driving forces to form the self-assembled gel. dendron, organogelator, self-assembly Citation: Feng Y, Liu Z X, Wang L Y, et al. Poly(benzyl ether) dendrons without conventional gelation motifs as a new kind of effective organogelators. Chin Sci Bull, 2012, 57: 42894295,