1 Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry, Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 18, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. christopher.barner-kowollik@kit.edu and Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
2 Preparative Macromolecular Chemistry, Institut für Technische Chemie und Polymerchemie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 18, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. christopher.barner-kowollik@kit.edu.
3 Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD), School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
4 Institute for Materials Research, Polymer Reaction Design Group, Universiteit Hasselt, Agoralaan, Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. tanja.junkers@uhasselt.be.
A synthetic strategy employing nitrones as radical spin traps is presented on the example of the efficient generation of novel dendrimers via a combination of radical and classical 'click' chemistry.