Vanillin and o-vanillin oligomers as models for dendrimer disassembly
作者:Robert M. Kevwitch、Charles S. Shanahan、Dominic V. McGrath
DOI:10.1039/c1nj20841a
日期:——
Linear analogs have been synthesized to model disassembling dendrimers. These linear analogs provide a facile synthesis to molecules that can be used to test new trigger groups and cleavage vectors. Vanillin and o-vanillin were used as the monomer units of these analogs and two trigger groups, allyl and o-nitrobenzyl, were chosen to test the disassembly process. Allyl triggered analogs 1a–d and 3a–d and o-nitrobenzyl triggered analogs 2a–c and 4a–c showed good to excellent disassembly as followed by the evolution of p-nitrophenoxide reporter ion by UV-Visible spectroscopy. The rate and yield of disassembly was shown to depend on experimental conditions as well as length of the cleavage vector.