In an attempt to obtain solidified ionic liquids a cholesterol-based gelator has been applied to gelation of these liquids. By addition of a small amount of low molecular-weight gelator 1, ionic liquids such as N,N′-dialkyl-substituted imidazolium ions and N-alkyl pyridinium ions are easily gelated to give the sufficiently thermostable physical gels.

[structure: see text] Porphyrin tetramer 1 was newly designed and synthesized to construct a novel cooperative [60]fullerene (C(60)) binding system. Compound 1 has a p-terphenyl axis, which is expected to act as a scaffold for a guest-binding information transducer. In toluene, 1 can bind 2 equiv of C(60) to produce a 1:2 1/C(60) complex with association constants of 5800 M(-1) (K(1)) and 2000 M(-1) (K(2)). These values are significantly greater than those for control porphyrin dimers such as 2 and 3.

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A novel heterocapsular molecule has been obtained in a self-assembled manner by a multi-point interaction between pyridine-appended homooxacalix[3]arene and a Zn(II) porphyrin trimer. The cavity delineated by π-basic components can accept [60]fullerene with K = 60 dm3 mol−1 at −30 °C.

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