M. Yashiro et al., SOLUBILIZATION OF LANTHANIDE IONS BY CYCLODEXTRINS IN BASIC AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS, Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, 17(4), 1994, pp. 393-397
Cyclodextrins form complexes with lanthanide ions in basic aqueous sol
utions. This complex formation in basic solution dramatically enhances
the solubility of lanthanide ions, which are otherwise insoluble due
to the formation of hydroxide gels. Solutions of the gamma-cyclodextri
n-Ce3+ complex effectively hydrolyze 2'-deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphat
e to 2'-deoxyadenosine.