Facile synthesis of amine-terminated aromatic polyamide dendrimers via a divergent method.

[structure: see text]. A novel, rapid, inexpensive, and highly efficient divergent approach for the synthesis of a 32-amine-terminated G4 polyamide dendrimer has been developed. Each generation dendrimer was successfully obtained by the condensation of the preceding generation dendrimer with the building block and the deprotection with hydrazine in one pot. All the dendrimers were easily purified by precipitation in alkaline water, and the purity was confirmed by NMR, MALDI-TOF mass spectra, and elemental analysis.

Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone): a dual functional reductant and stabilizer for the facile synthesis of noble metal nanoplates in aqueous solutions.

Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) has been extensively used in the solution-phase synthesis of many types of colloidal particles, where it is mainly considered as a steric stabilizer or capping agent with a major role to protect the product from agglomeration. In a recent study, we discovered that the hydroxyl end groups of PVP could also serve as a very mild reductant for kinetically controlled synthesis of Ag nanoplates with yields as high as 75%. Here we further demonstrate that hydroxyl-terminated PVP is also a well-suited reductant for the aqueous synthesis of circular, triangular, and hexagonal nanoplates made of other noble metals including Pd, Au, and Pt. The reduction kinetics of a metal salt by the hydroxyl end groups of PVP can be maneuvered in at least two different ways to facilitate the evolution of plate morphology: (i) by adjusting the molar ratio of PVP to the salt precursor and (ii) by altering the molecular weight of PVP. Unlike previously reported studies of Ag and Au thin plates, light was found to have a negligible role in the present synthesis.

Facile synthesis of aryl ether dendrimer from unprotected AB2 building blocks using thionyl chloride as an activating agent.

[structure: see text] A novel, rapid, inexpensive, and highly efficient convergent approach for the synthesis of a Fréchet- type aryl ether dendrimer using thionyl chloride has been developed. In this method, the purification of each dendron and a dendrimer occurs by recrystallization, extraction, and precipitation. The MALDI-TOF MS spectrum supported the formation of the G2, G3, and G4 dendrons and the star-shaped G4 dendrimer.

Facile synthesis of polyamide dendrimers from unprotected AB2 building blocks.

[structure: see text]. A fast, inexpensive, and highly efficient synthesis of aromatic polyamide dendrimers without the need for protection and deprotection steps has been developed. Dendrons and third-generation polyamide dendrimers were easily prepared by a convergent approach involving activation of a focal point with thionyl chloride, followed by condensation with unprotected AB2 building blocks.

Rapid synthesis of polyamide dendrimers from unprotected AB2 building blocks.

A rapid synthetic method for the preparation of polyamide dendrimer without protection and deprotection steps has been developed. A symmetrically branched third-generation polyamide dendrimer was prepared by a convergent method involving activation of focal point with a condensing agent, diphenyl (2,3-dihydro-2-thioxo-3-benzoxazolyl)phosphonate (DBOP), followed by condensation of the active amide with the diaminocarboxylic acid 3,5-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzoic acid as an AB2 building block.