"Click" synthesis of organo-silicon dendrimers

Issue title: In Honor of Alan H. Cowley

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Astruc, Didier | Ornelas, Catia | Ruiz, Jaime

Affiliations: Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS N°5255, Université Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence Cedex, France

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: d.astruc@ism.u.bordeaux1.fr

Abstract: In this micro-review, the "click" synthesis and functions of organo-silicon dendrimers are summarized. Hydrosilylation of polyallyl dendrimer cores using chlomethyldimethylsilane followed by substitution of chloride by azide and "click" reactions with terminal alkynes provided ferrocenyl and olefin terminated dendrimers. Coordination of the triazolyl dendrimers by metal ions followed by reduction gives access to organo-silicon dendrimer-stabilized palladium and gold nanoparticles.

Keywords: Dendrimer, silicon, organometallic, molecular electronics, sensing, catalysis, nanoparticle, ferrocene

DOI: 10.3233/MGC-2010-0008

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 9, no. 1-2, pp. 87-100, 2010