Kinetic control of the direction of inclusion of nitroxide radicals into cyclodextrins

Abstract

N-benzyl-tert-butyl nitroxide derivatives substituted at the aromatic ring form host–guest inclusion complexes with β-and γ-cyclodextrin. They were employed as probes to assess substituent effects on the geometry of the complex and on the kinetics of this complexation by combining EPR and ¹H NMR data.