1 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials of Gansu Province, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, P. R. China.
A super gelator (F3) with an excellent gelation ability was synthesized; the organogel of F3 could allow two channel recognition of F-, AcO- and H2PO4- through proton controlled reversible sol-gel transition and color changes.