TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wessig, Pablo
A1  - Merkel, Roswitha
A1  - Mueller, Peter
T1  - Articulated rods - a novel class of molecular rods based on oligospiroketals (OSK)
JF  - Beilstein journal of organic chemistry
N2  - We developed a new type of molecular rods consisting of two (or more) rigid units linked by a flexible joint. Consequently we called these constructs articulated rods (ARs). The syntheses of ARs were carried out by a flexible and modular approach providing access to a number of compounds with various functionalizations in terminal positions. First applications were presented with pyrene, cinnamoyl and anthracenyl labelled ARs.
KW  - articulated rods
KW  - click chemistry
KW  - molecular rods
KW  - oligospiroketals
KW  - pyrene excimer
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.11.11
SN  - 1860-5397
VL  - 11
SP  - 74
EP  - 84
PB  - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
CY  - Frankfurt, Main
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wessig, Pablo
A1  - Budach, Dennis B.
A1  - Thünemann, Andreas F.
T1  - Dendrimers with Oligospiroketal (OSK) Building Blocks: Synthesis and Properties
JF  - Chemistry - a European journal
N2  - The development of novel dendrimers containing oligospiroketal (OSK) rods as building blocks is described. The linkage between the core unit (CU), branching units (BU), and OSK rods relies on the CuAAC reaction between terminal alkynes and azides. Two different strategies of dendrimer synthesis were investigated and it was found that the convergent approach is clearly superior to the divergent one. SAXS measurements and MD simulations indicate that the obtained dendrimer features a globular structure with very low density. Obviously, the OSK rods stabilize a rather loose mass-fractal structure.
KW  - click chemistry
KW  - dendrimers
KW  - molecular rods
KW  - oxygen heterocycles
KW  - SAXS
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201501386
SN  - 0947-6539
SN  - 1521-3765
VL  - 21
IS  - 29
SP  - 10466
EP  - 10471
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -