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Synlett 2002(8): 1365-1367
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32980
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DABdendr as a Building Block

Joaquín C. García-Martínez*
Área de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José Cela 10, 13071-CiudadReal, Spain
e-Mail: jgarcia@qino-cr.uclm.es;
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25 July 2002 (online)

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Introduction

Since dendrimers were first reported, by Tomalia et al., [1] researchers in the field of dendrimer science have focused primarily on the synthesis and chemical modification of these systems. At present, a wide variety of dendrimers with different properties are known [2] [3] and many of these materials contain poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers (DABdendr) as building blocks. It is well established that the physical properties of dendrimers are determined by the nature of the peripheral groups3 and, in this context, DABdendr systems have been used to prepare compounds for different applications: for example, monolayers on gold, [4] liquid crystals [5] or additives to a liquid crystal matrix, [6] dioxygen binding by copper complexes, [7] cationic dendrimers for gene delivery, [8] organometallic photonucleases, [9] carbohydrate-coated dendrimers, [10] cyclodextrin binding by cobaltocenium-functionalized dendrimers, [11] amorphous calcium carbonate stabilizers, [12] photoswitchable supramolecular systems, [13] guest molecules in encapsulation. [14]