Molecular orientation of naphthalene-1,4-diol in a β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex
Abstract
The assignment of the absorption band determined from the signs of the induced circular dichroism spectra of the β-cyclodextrin (β-CD)complex with naphthalene-1,4-diol (1) is compared with the assignment given by measuring the dichroic spectra of (1) in a stretched sheet of poly(vinyl alcohol), to conclude that (1) is oriented in the β-CD inclusion complex such that it is an axial inclusion.