This research aims to the synthesis of several dendrons with different functional groups in the surface, and their use as functionalizing agents of synthetic polymers. Our first study, after the synthesis and characterization of the dendrons, focused on the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance studies of our dendron family. The results observed in these studies provide an adequate criterion for a correct selection of the dendron necessary to modify the polarity of the polymer chosen.
Therefore, two principal products were synthesized and characterized here: dendronized MDI oligomers and dendronized PMMI.