A first synthesis of thiophene dendrimers.
[structure: see text] Thiophene dendrons and dendrimers were designed and synthesized using a convergent approach. Metal-mediated coupling reactions were used in the synthesis. A rational approach allowed the formation of alphaalpha, betabeta, and alphabeta linkages between the dendrons and thiophene units.
Xia
Chuanjun
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Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
Fan
Xiaowu
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Locklin
Jason
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Advincula
Rigoberto C
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