Dendrimer docosanuclear

In larger structures, the number of equivalent units becomes huge. In the docosanuclear dendrimer made of an Os(II)-based core and 21 Ru(II)-based units, a one-electron oxidation process, assigned to the Os(II)-based unit, is followed by a 12-electron process, due to the simultaneous oxidation of the 12 equivalent and non-interacting peripheral Ru(II)-based units [36]. 

To illustrate the most interesting electrochemical features of this family of dendrimers, it is reported the results obtained for three strictly related decanuclear compounds and the highest nuclearity compound of this dendrimer family, that is, a docosanuclear complex. 

Figure 6.17 Structural formula of the docosanuclear dendrimer 25. represent the dendrimer are those displayed in Fig. 6.15.

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