Efficient synthesis of dendrimers viaa thiol–yne and esterification process and their potential application in the delivery of platinum anti-cancer drugsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures; GPC, IR, NMR and MALDI-TOF of dendrimers; experimental methods. See DOI: 10.1039/b910340f

A combination of thiol–yne chemistry and esterification reactions were successfully applied for the preparation of dendrimers with an array of terminal functionalities viathe divergent growth strategy; maximizing the number of reactive chain ends whilst minimizing the number of reaction steps required in the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]