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The shorter homologs revealed mesogenic characteristics, giving rise to thermotropic mesophases in which \u03c0-stacked columns of H-bound dimers self-organize yielding superstructures. Molecular-scale models are proposed to account for their structural features. The three studied compounds yielded supramolecular gels in methanol; their ability to gelify higher alcohols was found to be enhanced by the presence of water. The intermediate homolog also gelled n-hexane. Compared to their isomeric 2,7-THTP-DiCnOH analogs, the 3,6-derivatives showed a higher tendency to give rise to LC phases (wider thermal ranges) and a lower organogelling ability (variety of gelled solvents, lower gels stabilities). 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