Modular Synthesis of Dendritic Amphiphiles.

The synthesis of such structures starts by an attachment of alkyl chain/s R and dendritic wedge/s to the starting molecules. These dendritic wedges are ended by three allyl groups so that various polar groups can be conjugated to the periphery of the wedge by so called thiol-ene click reaction. In addition to the resulting symmetrical structures, a synthesis of their unsymmetrical analogues bearing fluorescent tag on one of its arms (Figure 1) will be presented