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REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 187-194Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2005.07.022
Keywords
dendrimers; catalysis; dense shell; dense packing
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In an effort to probe dendritic structure, the initial rate of an aminolysis reaction was measured for a series of dendrimers with 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 terminal amine groups (1st -5th generation dendrimers, respectively). From these experiments, a relationship between size and rate was observed. In all cases, the rate was faster than the control experiment using a simple amine (N-acetylethylene diamine), with the 4th generation dendrimer displaying the maximum rate enhancement (28-fold with respect to the control experiment). The observed increase in rates was due to: (i) hydrophobic binding and (ii) transition state stabilization, (dependent on dendrimer generation). These experimental results supported a preliminary surface density analysis, which predicted the onset of a closed shell/globular structure at or around the 4th generation PAMAM dendrimer. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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