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Solubility


Solubility Properties of PAMAM Dendrimers


I - Insoluble
S - Soluble
G - Gel-like
B - Borderline
Solubilities of Generation 5 PAMAM dendrimers with different surface groups in common solvents.
Solubility shown after 15 minutes of addition of solvent and after 24 hours of tumbling.
Solvent
(dielectric constant)
Surface Group
Amine Ethanol
Amine
50/50
Cs/Amine
Cs Vinyl Carboxylic
Acid
15min 24hr 15min 24hr 15min 24hr 15min 24hr 15min 24hr 15min 24hr
Pentane (1.841) I I I I I I I I I I I I
Methyl Cyclohexane (2.020) I I I I I I S S I I I I
Cyclohexane (2.02431) I I I I I I S S I I I I
Toluene (2.3807) I I I I I I S S I S I I
Chloroform (4.81) I I I I S S S S S S I I
Tetrahydrofuran (7.58) I I I I I S S S S S I I
Pyridine (12.91) B B I G S S S S B S I I
2-Pentanol (13.71) B S S S S B B S I S I I
Ethylene Glycol (17.10) S S I S B S I I I S I S
1-Butanol (17.8) S S S S S S S S I S I I
Ethyl Alcohol (24.6) S S B S S S S S S S I S
Acetonitrile (35.94) I I I I I I I I I I I I
Dimethylformamide (36.71) B S S S S S S S S S I I
Dimethylacetamide (37.8) B S S S S S S S B S I I
Dimethyl Sulfoxide (47.2) B S I S S S I S I S I S