Isophthalate ester-terminated dendrimers: Versatile nanoscopic building blocks with readily modifiable surface functionalities

JW Leon, M Kawa, JMJ Fréchet

Index: Leon, Jeffrey W.; Kawa, Manabu; Frechet, Jean M. J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996 , vol. 118, # 37 p. 8847 - 8859

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Abstract

The preparation and modification of highly functionalized polyether dendrimers containing a versatile diethyl isophthalate terminal group is presented. The convergent synthesis consists of the construction of diester-terminated dendrons containing benzylic bromide functions at the focal point and their subsequent attachment to 4, 4'-biphenol cores. Dendrons up to the third generation can be prepared using recrystallization alone as the primary means of ...