Thiol-ene reactions have been used alongside anhydride, esterification, Grignard, and Michael reactions to functionalize chain ends and build polymer backbones in the synthesis of branched molecules such as glycodendrons, poly ( thioether ) dendrimers and organosilicon thioether dendrimers.
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I believe the sulfide thioether linkages popular for functionalising colloidal gold with are made by having the functionalised thiol precursor bind to the residual Au ( I ) sites ( on an otherwise Au ( 0 ) rod ) that weren't reduced in the initial manufacture of these nanorods . ( Someone correct me if I'm wrong ) . talk ) 13 : 58, 30 July 2010 ( UTC)
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For example, from the word " ether, " referring to an oxygen-containing compound having the general chemical structure R O R2, where R and R2 are organic functional groups and O is an oxygen atom, comes the word " thioether ", which refers to an analogous compound with the general structure R S R2, where S is a sulfur atom covalently bonded to two organic groups.
