Patent ID: 8236748
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: C07C,C11D

Abstract:
1. A pH tunable amido-gellant having a formula: wherein: at least one of L L R R 2 is R 4 or wherein each AA is independently selected from the group consisting of: and R 3 and R 4 independently have the formula: wherein: (o+q) is from 1 to 10; L′ and L″ are independently selected from the group consisting of: and R, R′ and R″ are independently selected either from pH-sensitive-groups consisting of: wherein n and m are integers from 1 to 20; or from non-pH-sensitive groups consisting of: such that at least one of R, R′ and R″ comprises a pH-sensitive group; wherein the pH tunable amido-gellant has a pKa of from 1 to 30, and with the exclusion that the di-amido gellant is not a protein.