title: Self-assembly of interlocked supramolecular dendrimers.
abstract: Interlocked supramolecular dendrimers were spontaneously self-assembled from molecular components, metallocycles, and dumbbells bearing benzyl ether repeating units. Here, the metallocycles were in situ self-assembled from L-shaped ligands with dendritic branches, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene and osmium tetraoxide. The supramolecular dendrimers were stabilized by hydrogen-bonding interactions between the pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamide unit in the metallocycle and the adipamide unit in the dumbbell.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioactive Molecular Hybrids and Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea. ksjeong@yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyu-Sung
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Eun-Jin
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Park