Y. Inoue et al., INCLUSION COMPLEXATION OF (CYCLO)ALKANES AND (CYCLO)ALKANOLS WITH 6-O-MODIFIED CYCLODEXTRINS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. II (Print), (8), 1998, pp. 1807-1816
Novel alpha- and/or beta-cyclodextrin benzoates(2 alpha, 2 beta), meth
yl phthalate (3 beta), tethered benzamide (4 beta) and 2-naphthoate (5
beta) have been synthesized. The complex stability constants (K-s) of
these cyclodextrin derivatives with a series of acyclic and cyclic hy
drocarbons, and alcohols have been determined in water to reveal the r
ole of the hydrophilic group in the guest molecule, and to evaluate th
e individual contribution of weak interactions involved in inclusion c
omplexation by cyclodextrin. The free energy of complexation (-Delta G
degrees) increases linearly to a certain limit with extending chain l
ength or ring size (N-C) of the guests, giving unit increments per met
hylene (-d Delta G degrees/dN(C)). Interestingly, the unit increment o
btained is independent of the host's size or substituent introduced, b
ut is a critical function of the guest type. Thus, a remarkably large
-d Delta G degrees/dN(C) value of 5.4 kJ mol(-l) has been obtained for
the cycloalkane series, whereas much smaller, but conventional, value
s have been recorded for cycloalkanols (3.3 kJ mol(-1)), alkanes (3.1
kJ mol(-1)) and alkanols (2.7 kJ mol(-1)). No significant isotope effe
cts on K-s are observed when deuterated cyclohexane is complexed with
the same cyclodextrins, Similarly, there is no significant effect when
deuterated water is used as solvent. Moderate enantioselectivities of
up to 2.0 are obtained with some chiral guests.