Dendrimer branched polyether dendrons

Wendland and Zimmerman [31] had remarked in their 1999 paper that what they referred to as cored dendrimers represented a system closely analogous to polymer imprinting, but within the framework of adiscrete single molecule. In their approach, a dendrimer is prepared by the assembly of branched polyether dendrons , around a central core by esterification. The periphery of the dendrimer is fully substituted... 

Dendrons and dendrimers are the most intensely investigated subset of dendritic polymers. In the past decade, over 6,000 literature references have appeared dealing with this xmique class of structure-controlled polymers. The word dendrimer is derived from the Greek words dendri- (tree branch-like) and meros (part of), and was coined by Tomalia et al. about 20 years ago in the first full paper on poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers [47,72]. Since this early disclosure, over 100 dendrimer compositions (families) and 1,000 dendrimer surface modifications have been reported. The two most widely studied dendrimer families are the Frechet-type polyether compositions and the Tomalia-type PAMAM dendrimers. PAMAM dendil-mers constitute the first dendrimer family to be commercialized, and represent the most extensively characterized and best-understood series at this time [46]. 

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