Thiol-Yne and Thio-Bromo Chemistry for the Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers

3 Thiol-Yne and Thio-Bromo Chemistry for the Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers 

In a recent paper of Perrier et al (Konkolewicz et al, 2009), thiol-yne click chemistry has been used for the synthesis of functional hyperbranched polymers. First, low and high molecular weight AB2-type molecules containing a thiol (A) and one bifunctional alkyne 

Until now, thio-bromo click chemistry has only been used for the synthesis of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers. Without any doubt, further research will lead to other complex architectures, such as dendronized polymers, dendrigrafts and unsymmetrical dendrimers. 

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