A new class of binary organogelator (G1, G2 and G3) based on 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid (2Ac), attached noncovalently with the gelator counterpart containing a 3,4,5-tris(n-dodecyloxy)benzoylamide backbone has been developed. Among the three gelators, two (G2 and G3) are chiral containing D-alanine or L-2-phenylglycine moieties, respectively. They can act as efficient gelators of organic solvents
A novel photoresponsive organogel with a binary gelator containing 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid shows a high degree of stereochemicalcontrol, resulting in head-to-head photocyclodimers exclusively together with significant enantiomeric excess induced by the chiral counterpart of the gelator.