A series of two-directional cascade molecules (arborols) has been synthesized by a two-step nucleophilic substitution–amidation procedure; the [9]-10-[9] arborol forms a thermally reversible aqueous gel, which has been investigated via microscopy and light scattering techniques.
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Newkome et al. (1986) studied this question.