Effect of peracetylation on the conformation of γ-cyclodextrin

Mino R. Caira; Giampiero Bettinetti; Milena Sorrenti; Laura Catenacci; Dyanne Cruickshank; Kate Davies

doi:10.1039/B616681D

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Effect of peracetylation on the conformation of γ-cyclodextrin†

Mino R. Caira,*^a Giampiero Bettinetti,^b Milena Sorrenti,^b Laura Catenacci,^b Dyanne Cruickshank^a and Kate Davies^a

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Abstract

The well-known, fourfold symmetry of the γ-CD molecule in its solid inclusion complexes is lost on peracetylation, which yields a highly distorted host molecule in which self-inclusion of acetyl residues divides the macrocyclic cavity into two distinct sub-cavities that accommodate solvent molecules.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B616681D
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 Nov 2006
Accepted: 14 Dec 2006
First published: 10 Jan 2007

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Chem. Commun., 2007, 1221-1223

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M. R. Caira, G. Bettinetti, M. Sorrenti, L. Catenacci, D. Cruickshank and K. Davies, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1221 DOI: 10.1039/B616681D

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Effect of peracetylation on the conformation of γ-cyclodextrin†

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