Possible applications of dendrimers with chiral branching scaffold

2 Possible applications of dendrimers with chiral branching scaffold 

Owing to their size and the feasibility of controlling the dendrimer structure and globular morphology via their synthesis, dendrimers with chiral branching scaffold are of interest as potential protein mimics. In addition, the introduction of chiral branching units or spacers into the molecular scaffold should lead to the development of non-symmetrical macromolecular conformations and provide chiral cavities for asymmetrical catalysis or chiral recognition processes. 

One of the most commonly adopted approaches to the production of chiral dendrimers consists in the attachment of chiral units to the peripheral functionalities of a divergently constructed dendrimer. 

Alternatively, dendrimers with chirality in the molecular periphery can also be constructed by the convergent approach starting from chiral monomeric units. 

1 Chiroptical studies on dendrimers with peripheral chiral units 

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