A series of first- and second-generation dendronized polymers with orthogonally protected amine groups in the periphery

The synthesis of high molar mass first- and second-generation dendronized polymers is described which carry a predetermined number of Fmoc* and Boc protected peripheral amine groups at each repeat unit. Together with the corresponding fully Boc protected polymers which are already known, dendronized polymers with the following surface decorations are now available on the G1 (Boc:Fmoc* = 100:0, 50:50, 0:100) and G2 level (Boc:Fmoc* = 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75). The orthogonality of these groups was proven on the polymer level, where easily hundreds of them are concerned per macromolecule.