We
report novel and new giant three-dimensional polymers having
dendrimers as repeating units. The approach is illustrated here for
macromolecular synthesis by polymeric condensation of well-defined
single phosphorus dendrimers units. Specifically, classical and onion-peel
phosphorus dendrimers, constructed by a divergent method from a cyclotriphosphazene
core, were fused within the same tectonic nanostructure by several
polymeric condensation approaches including hydrazine-to-aldehyde
Schiff-base formation and amine-to-carboxylic acid peptide-like coupling.
These reticular, easy to run metal-free routes afford a new library
of hyperbranched macromolecular materials, featuring various phosphorus
layers (both alternated and dissymmetrical), well-defined textured
nanospheres, and controllable nanometric ordered substructures. The
scope of the concept is successfully expanded to the integration of
electro-redox viologen units resulting in the synthesis of new photoactive
macromolecular materials.