Unsurpassed cage effect for the photolysis of dibenzyl ketones in water-soluble dendrimers†
Abstract
Amphiphilic water-soluble poly(alkyl aryl ether) dendrimers Gn (n = 1–3) with charge-neutral tetraethylene glycol monomethyl ethers at their periphery were synthesized as microreactors to control the photochemical reactions of dibenzyl ketone derivatives in aqueous solutions. Photophysical studies demonstrated that Gn can encapsulate