Supramolecular chemistry of dendrimers with functional cores.
Dendritic microenvironments are analogous to local environments created within protein superstructures. Correspondingly, properties of functional cores such as molecular recognition and catalytic activity are profoundly influenced by the surrounding dendritic branches.
Diederich
François
F
Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule-Hönggerberg, HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland. diederich@org.chem.ethz.ch
Felber
Béatrice
B
D002384:Catalysis; D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
D008024:Ligands; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011506:Proteins; D007501:Iron