1 Dipartimento di Chimica Organica "Ugo Schiff"and INSTM, Università di Firenze, via della Lastruccia 13 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy. stefano.cicchi@unifi.it
The synthesis and the properties of a new chiral organogelator based on a C(2) symmetric pyrrolidine, are described together with its use for the synthesis of other functionalised organogelators.