A specific monosubatitution on each P(X)(NH-CH2-CH=CH2)(2) terminal gr
oup (X = O, S) of phosphorus dendrimers is described from generation 1
to generation 7. This reaction allows to isolate compounds which poss
ess simultaneously up to 192 phosphine, 192 N-H and 384 allyl groups.
Preliminary experiments show that these functionalized dendrimers are
able to complex transition metals such as iron and tungsten. Copyright
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