Effect of guest molecule flexibility in access to dendritic interiors.
[structure: see text] Dendrimers are attractive scaffolds for catalysis, since catalytic sites can be isolated and the catalysts are recoverable and reusable. Herein, we show that conformationally constrained molecules have better access to dendritic cores compared to the more flexible counterparts. The results reported here should have implications in utilizing dendrimers as scaffolds for artificial selectivity in catalysis.
Aathimanikandan
Sivakumar V
SV
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003, USA.
Sandanaraj
Britto S
BS
Arges
Christopher G
CG
Bardeen
Christopher J
CJ
Thayumanavan
S
S
D002384:Catalysis; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D018583:Pliability; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D050091:Dendrimers