Preparation and guest binding of novel β-cyclodextrin dimers linked with various sulfur-containing linker moieties †

Abstract

Novel cyclodextrin dimers (1, 2, 3 and 4) whose cyclodextrins were linked with sulfur-containing linkers, namely a thiodipropanamide, a dithiodipropanamide, a thiodiethanamide, or a dithiodiethanamide linker, were synthesized by a reaction of 6-amino-6-deoxycycloheptaose 7 with the corresponding dicarboxylic acids. For their preparation, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide and (benzotriazol-1-yloxy)tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate were examined as coupling reagents. ¹H NMR studies of the dimers suggested an intramolecular inclusion of the linker moiety to the cyclodextrin cavity, which affected the complexation of guest molecules. Dimer 4 was converted to another type of dimer 5 by reductive cleavage of the disulfide bond to generate thiol group-containing monomeric species followed by a substitution reaction with 6-O-tosyl derivative 6.

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