A synthesis of dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers by using cycloaddition of cyanoguanidine to nitriles and cyanoethylation reaction is reported. Both reactions proceeded in the presence of a basic catalyst (alkaline hydroxides and Triton B, respectively).
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REPRINTSThe guanamine dendrimerization process has been carried out up to 4 th generations ended with cyano or amine groups. Intermediates and product substances, as well as by-products were identified by FT-IR, 1 H and 13 C NMR, MS, FIB-MS, and elemental analysis. Hyperbranched polymers were characterized by gel permeation choursomatography (GPC). Polyguanamine dendrimer (PGD) molecules exhibited expanded form in dimethylacetamide solution and low polydispersity (1.12-1.26). Observed contraction of the macromolecules was growing towards higher generations reaching an extreme at generation 4. The degree of branching of the products were within the range of 0.81-0.87 on the 0-1 scale.Decyanoethylation, hydrolysis, and intramolecular cyclization, as side reactions, were observed on the cycloaddition steps of dendrimerization. Some main stream dendrimerization products, i.e., tetrakis [2-(2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-4-yl)ethyl]2,4-diamino-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine and 2,2,6,6-tetrakis[2-(2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-6-yl)ethyl]cyclohexanone as well as by-products, i.e., 2,6,6-tris[2-(2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-6-yl)ethyl] cyclohexanone, 2,6,6-tris(2-cyanoethyl)cyclohexanone and a dilactam have been isolated as new compounds. Spectral data for N 2 N 2 N 4 N 4 -tetrakis(2-cyanoethyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine, 2,2,-6,6-tetrakis(2-cyanoethyl)cyclohexanone, 1,1,1-tris(2-cyanoethyl)propanone-2 and 1,1,1-tris[2-(2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-6yl)ethyl]propanone-2 have been complemented. 754 MACIEJEWSKI ET AL.