A synthetic route combining the preparation of functional and nonfunctional carbosilane dendrimers has been developed. Using this route, two representative homologous series of carbosilane dendrimers have been prepared. The use of nonfunctional dendrimer derivatives ensures the possibility of performing long term experiments both in solution and in the bulk. The intrinsic viscosity and the density of the specimens studied do not depend on the genera tion number. The obtained dendrimers of later generations were studied by atomic force microscopy and light scattering.
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