Convergent Route to Organometallic Dendrimers Composed of Platinum-Acetylide Units

Abstract

The third-generation dendrimer with 45 platinum atoms (shown schematically) was synthesized efficiently by a convergent methodology in which two different trialkylsilyl groups (symbolized by the nodal points) are used to protect the bridging triethynylbenzene derivatives. PT=[Pt(PEt3)2].