Synthesis of Dendrimers via Sonogashira Coupling Reaction of Alkyne-focal Fréchet Type Dendrons

E-mail: shjin@pusan.ac.krReceived July 17, 2011, Accepted July 29, 2011Key Words : Alkyne, Coupling reaction, Dendrimer, Sonogashira reactionDendrimers, which are prepared by repetition of a givenset of reactions using either divergent or convergent strate-gies, are highly branched and regular macromolecules withwell-defined structures and have served as functional objectsin nanotechnology and nanoscience.