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Synthesis and characterization of anthracene-clustering dendrimers: observation of fluorescence resonance energy transfer in the multichromophoric system

M Takahashi, H Morimoto, Y Suzuki, T Odagi…

Index: Takahashi, Masaki; Morimoto, Hironao; Suzuki, Yousuke; Odagi, Tomoya; Yamashita, Mitsuji; Kawai, Hideki Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 51 p. 11771 - 11781

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Abstract

A series of anthracene-clustering dendrimers bearing various aliphatic substituents at the terminal positions were synthesized using a direct coupling strategy. A remarkable effect of the side chains was imparted to chemical properties of the dendrimers such as drastically increased solubility. Although the multibranched anthracene arrays in the dendritic architectures exhibited no cooperativity in terms of the absorption feature and behaved as ...