title: Facile synthesis of aryl ether dendrimer from unprotected AB2 building blocks using thionyl chloride as an activating agent.
abstract: [structure: see text] A novel, rapid, inexpensive, and highly efficient convergent approach for the synthesis of a Fréchet- type aryl ether dendrimer using thionyl chloride has been developed. In this method, the purification of each dendron and a dendrimer occurs by recrystallization, extraction, and precipitation. The MALDI-TOF MS spectrum supported the formation of the G2, G3, and G4 dendrons and the star-shaped G4 dendrimer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Washio
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda