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Thiol–Yne Chemistry: A Powerful Tool for Creating Highly Functional Materials
Author(s) -
Hoogenboom Richard
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201000401
Subject(s) - dendrimer , thiol , branching (polymer chemistry) , polymer , chemistry , nanotechnology , click chemistry , functional polymers , computer science , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , polymerization
Branching out : Thiol–yne chemistry is emerging as new tool for polymer chemists, as it represents a unique and efficient coupling procedure to create highly branched structures (see scheme). This method can be used to prepare highly functional dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers.