Synthesis and Manipulation of Orthogonally Protected Dendrimers: Building Blocks for Library Synthesis

Fruits of the laboratory: Dendrimers containing up to six different functional groups can be prepared in multistep one-pot reactions by using a selective manipulation and deprotection strategy (see example). The authors call these multifunctional dendrimers molecular fruit-salad trees; they could function as useful building blocks for drug-delivery systems and novel materials.