| Abstract: | Dendritic carbosilanes containing 48 and 96 functional groups on the periphery were prepared. The reaction of the fourth and fifth parent dendritic generations (G4‐48Cl and G5‐96Cl) with alcohol [9‐anthracene methanol, 8‐hydroxyquinoline, 4‐hydroxyazobenzene, 2‐hydroxymethylanthraquinone, and 5‐(2‐hydroxyethyl)‐4‐methylthiazole] in the presence of 1,1,2,2‐tetramethylethyenediamine produced end‐functionalized dendrimers with very high yields. The polydispersity indices of the prepared dendrimers revealed unchanged narrow values between the fourth and fifth generations. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 326–333, 2002 |
