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name that dendrimer

I'm writing something about dendrimers right now and discovered this paper which tackles the seemingly impossible task of assigning systematic chemical names to molecular structures that can be infinitely complicated (as they attach an exponentially growing number of subunits to each new layer).

So if you ever come across a dendrimer and don't know how to address it, read this:

http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/NJ/article.asp?doi=b513437b

(open access pdf file available)

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2006-12-20 11:05:07 GMT


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