Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CINaM UMR 7325, 13288 Marseille, France.
Chem Soc Rev. 2013 Jun 7;42(11):4823-41. doi: 10.1039/c3cs60090d. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
Sulfur-containing glycodendrimers have steadily emerged over a few decades and this review describes the first survey of this field. Although the contribution of sulfur chemistry to glycodendrimers could be seen at the moment as a development of various linking strategies, there is more than synthesis because the presence of sulfur itself modulates unique photophysical and electrochemical properties. This fact has long been recognized in materials science, for instance. Emphasis on the numerous advantages of sulfur in glycosylated dendrimers is thus put forward in this review. The synergy between sulfur, dendrimers, and carbohydrate chemistry conveys novel synthetic avenues, properties, and applications toward innovative perspectives in chemistry, glycobiology, materials science and nanoscience, with a particular significance for biosensors.
含硫糖缀树状大分子在过去几十年中不断涌现，本综述描述了该领域的首次调查。尽管硫化学对糖缀树状大分子的贡献目前可以看作是各种连接策略的发展，但这不仅仅是合成，因为硫本身的存在调节独特的光物理和电化学性质。事实上，这在材料科学中早已得到认可。因此，本综述强调了硫在糖缀树状大分子中的诸多优势。硫、树状大分子和碳水化合物化学之间的协同作用带来了新颖的合成途径、性质和应用，为化学、糖生物学、材料科学和纳米科学的创新视角提供了新的途径，特别是对生物传感器具有重要意义。
