Multi-motif dendrons and their supramolecular structures and uses thereof

A dendron of Formula I, or a salt and/or solvate thereof:

• wherein:
• each Repeating Group is the same or different and is:
• n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 and each Ln and each Xn are the same or different and are as defined below, depending on the value for n;
• when n is 1, the dendron is a generation 1 dendron and the compound of Formula I has the following structure:
• wherein each X1 is the same or different and is either H or a Terminal Group, provided at least one X1 is a Terminal Group and each L1 is the same or different and is a Linking Group;
• when n is 2, the dendron is a generation 2 dendron and the compound of Formula I has the following structure:
• wherein each X2 is the same or different and is either H or a Terminal Group, provided at least one X2 is a Terminal Group and each L1 and each L2 is the same or different and is a Linking Group;
• when n is 3, the dendron is a generation 3 dendron and the compound of Formula I has the following structure:
• wherein each X3 is the same or different and is either H or a Terminal Group, provided at least one X3 is a Terminal Group and each L1, each L2 and each L3 is the same or different and is a Linking Group;
• when n is 4, the dendron is a generation 4 dendron and the compound of Formula I has the following structure:
• wherein each X4 is the same or different and is either H or a Terminal Group, provided at least one X4 is a Terminal Group and each L1, each L2, each L3 and each L4 is the same or different and is a Linking Group;
• when n is 5, the dendron is a generation 5 dendron and the compound of Formula I has the following structure:
• wherein each X5 is the same or different and is either H or a Terminal Group, provided at least one X5 is a Terminal Group and each L1, each L2, each L3 each L4 and each L5 is the same or different and is a Linking Group;
• R1 is selected from C1-20alkyl, C2-20alkenyl, C2-20alkynyl, C1-20alkylenearyl, C1-20alkyleneheteroaryl, C1-20alkyleneC3-6heterocycloalkyl, C1-20alkyleneC3-6cycloalkyl and C1-6alkylene-S—S—C1-6alkyl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more of halo, OH, OC1-20alkyl, C(O)OC1-20alkyl and NR2R2′, and the aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl and cycloalkyl groups are additionally optionally substituted with one or more of C1-10alkyl;
• R2 and R2′ are independently selected from H and C1-10alkyl;
• the Linker Group comprises C1-20 alkylene or C2-20 alkenylene, each of which is optionally interrupted by one or more groups selected from S, S—S, O, NH, N(C1-4alkyl), C(O), C(O)O, OC(O), C(O)NH, NHC(O), NHC(NH), NHC(NC1-4alkyl), C(NH)NH and C(NC1-4alkyl)NH, and each alkyl, alkylene and alkenylene is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more of halo and OH;
• the Terminal Group is selected from C1-40alkyl, C2-40alkenyl, C1-40alkylenearyl and C1-40alkenylenearyl, each alkyl, alkenyl, alkylene and alkenylene being optionally interrupted by one or more groups selected from S—S, C(O), OC(O), C(O)O, OC(O)O, NR3C(O)O, OC(O)NR3, C(O)S, SC(O), NR3C(O), C(O)NR3, NR3C(O)NR4 and C(NC1-20alkyl), and the alkyl, alkenyl, alkylenearyl and alkenylenearyl are optionally substituted with one or more of halo, NR5R5′ and OH;
• and
• R3, R4, R5 and R5′ are independently hydrogen or C1-10alkyl;
• wherein all available hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon are optionally replaced with a fluorine atom.