A. Kaselouri et al., SYNTHESIS AND SELF-ORGANIZATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE PER-6-AZIDO-6-DEOXY-CYCLODEXTRINS, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 67(11), 1993, pp. 1981-1985
The highly efficient synthesis of per-6-azido-6-deoxy-cyclodextrins is
described for alpha-, beta-, and gamma- CD. The molecules are shown t
o be capable of forming monomolecular layers at the air-water interfac
e, even though the only hydrophobic elements present are one methylene
fragment and the azido group. The compression isotherms show evidence
for the formation of bi- and multi- layers at high compression values
.