Cross-Linked Glycerol Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers as Ionophoric,Organic Nanoparticles Soluble in Water and Organic Solvents

摘要

The usefulness of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers in specific applications depends on the ability to tune their properties in a predictable fashion.We recently showed that allyl and homoallyl ether end groups of dendrimers can be covalently linked using the ring-closing metathesis(RCM)reaction.In addition to creating molecularly imprinted dendrimers and organic nanotubes,cross-linking of the end-groups was shown to produce a significant decrease in the size of the dendrimer.