Photolabile dendrimers using o-nitrobenzyl ether linkages
[reaction: see text] Benzyl aryl ether dendrimers containing photosensitive, veratryl-based o-nitrobenzyl AB linkages (bold bonds) were prepared to the third generation and shown to undergo site-specific degradation when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
Smet
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Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson 85718, USA.
Liao
LX
Dehaen
W
McGrath
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