Table 1 Equilibrium constants for host–guest complexation between anthracenes and CDs (D2O, RT, 2 mM anthracene guest)

From: Controlling cyclodextrin host-guest complexation in water with dynamic pericyclic chemistry

Entry

Host

Guest

Ka (M−1)

1

α-CD

1a

–

2

β-CD

1a

3.6 ± 0.079 ×103

3

γ-CD

1a

Non-trivial binding

4

β-CD

1b

7.4 ± 1.5 ×103

5

β-CD

1c

–

6

β-CD

1d

–

7

β-CD-OMe(10–12)

1a

2.0 ± 0.092 ×103

8

β-CD-N3

1a

7.8 ± 0.45 ×103

  1. Four equiv. NaOD was added when guest 1a was used. Binding constants were estimated using a 1:1 model and the BindFit software at http://supramolecular.org.
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