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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2005, 3, 1481 - 1488, DOI: 10.1039/b415594g
Cyclodextrin and modified cyclodextrin complexes of E-4-tert-butylphenyl-4
-oxyazobenzene: UV-visible, 1H NMR and ab initio studiesBruce L. May, Jacobus Gerber, Philip Clements, Mark A. Buntine, David R. B. Brittain, Stephen F. Lincoln and Christopher J. Easton
-Cyclodextrin,
-cyclodextrin, N-(6A-deoxy-
-cyclodextrin-6A-yl)-N
-(6A-deoxy-
-cyclodextrin-6A-yl)urea and N,N-bis(6A-deoxy-
-cyclodextrin-6A-yl)urea (
CD,
CD, 1 and 2) form inclusion complexes with E-4-tert-butylphenyl-4
-oxyazobenzene, E- 3–. In aqueous solution at pH 10.0, 298.2 K and I= 0.10 mol dm–3(NaClO4) spectrophotometric UV-visible studies yield the sequential formation constants: K11=(2.83 ± 0.28)× 105 dm3 mol–1 for
CD·E- 3–, K21=(6.93 ± 0.06)× 103 dm3 mol–1 for (
CD)2·E- 3–, K11=(1.24 ± 0.12)× 105 dm3 mol–1 for
CD·E- 3–, K21=(1.22 ± 0.06)× 104 dm3 mol–1 for (
CD)2·E- 3–, K11=(3.08 ± 0.03)× 105 dm3 mol–1 for 1·E- 3–, K11=(8.05 ± 0.63)× 104 dm3 mol–1 for 2·E- 3– and K12=(2.42 ± 0.53)× 104 dm3 mol–1 for 2·(E- 3–)2. 1H ROESY NMR studies show that complexation of E- 3– in the annuli of
CD,
CD, 1 and 2 occurs. A variable-temperature 1H NMR study yields k(298 K)= 6.7 ± 0.5 and 5.7 ± 0.5 s–1,
H
= 61.7 ± 2.7 and 88.1 ± 4.2 kJ mol–1 and
S
=–22.2 ± 8.7 and 65 ± 13 J K–1 mol–1 for the interconversion of the dominant includomers (complexes with different orientations of
CD) of
CD·E- 3– and (
CD)2·E- 3–, respectively. The existence of E- 3– as the sole isomer was investigated through an ab initio study.
