“…However, the peaks for protons d and d′ are overlapped for the G5 dendrimer in aqueous solutions, and the chemical shift of proton b′ is similar with that of proton c. Therefore, only four broad 1 H peaks are observed in the 1 H NMR spectrum of a G5 dendrimer in D 2 O (Figure ) . The 1 H NMR spectrum of MPA in D 2 O shows seven kinds of protons − (Figure S1 in the Supporting Information), the methyl protons (7′ and 10: δ H 1.74 ppm for 7′, singlet; and δ H 2.08 ppm for 10, singlet) at high field, vinyl protons (−CCH−, 2′, triplet, δ H = 5.25 ppm) and methylene protons (−CH 2 −O−C(O)−, 3, singlet, δ H = 5.14 ppm) at low field, the oxymethyl group (CH 3 −O−, 12, singlet, δ H = 3.75 ppm) at a much lower field than other methyl groups, and other methylene protons (1′ and 4′/5′: 1′, doublet, δ H = 3.36/3.34 ppm and 4′/5′, multiplet, δ H = 2.21 ppm) adjacent to the methylene protons (a−d) of dendrimers. The assignment and labeling of protons in the repetitive unit of the G5 dendrimer and MPA molecule are shown in Scheme .…”