HYDRAmers: design, synthesis and characterization of different generation novel Hydra-like dendrons based on multifunctionalized adamantane.

In this communication we present a new synthetic strategy to different generation Hydra-like dendrons based on tetrafunctionalized adamantane as a building block. The novel dendrons, which we termed HYDRAmers, possess at the periphery and at the central core orthogonal protections that can be exploited for conjugation of targeting ligands, drugs and/or imaging probes. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011