V. Cucinotta et al., FUNCTIONALIZED BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS - THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES AND NMR TITRATION OF 6-DIETHYLENETRIAMINE DERIVATIVE, Perkin transactions. 2, (9), 1996, pp. 1785-1788
A thermodynamic and spectroscopic investigation has been carried out o
n the protonation and copper(II) complexation of the 6-diethylenetriam
ine derivative of beta-cyclodextrins. By C-13 NMR titration, the order
of protonation of the three nitrogen atoms has been ascertained. The
unusual entropy changes accompanying the different steps of protonatio
n, as well as the copper(II) complexation, are discussed.