A hyperbranched star polymer was employed as a soluble support for disaccha
ride synthesis as a practical alternative to a dendrimer support. The large
number of terminal groups present on the support permit very high loading
levels to be possible. Polymer bound intermediates could be directly analyz
ed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry due to the presence of a photolabile link
er that is cleaved by the MALDI-TOF laser. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. A
ll rights reserved.