Abstract: Two novel amphiphilic naphthalene diamide compounds (NDI-1 and NDI-2) were synthesized simply and efficiently by three-step reaction,using gallic acid and naphthalene tetraanhydride as basic materials.The structure of these amphiphilic naphthalene diamides were characterized by IR、¹H NMR、¹³C NMR and HRMS,and the gelating abilities of them in different solvents were studied in details.The results showed that NDI-2 is a versatile gelator,which can form into stable gels at a low critical gelation concentration (CGS,3.3~9.5 g/L),not only in non-polar solvents (such as benzene,toluene and xylene) but also in strong polar solvent (DMSO) and aqueous solvent (30% H₂O-THF).