Synthesis and surface grafting of a β-cyclodextrin dimer facilitating cooperative inclusion of 2,6-ANS

• Lars W. Städe,
• Thorbjørn T. Nielsen,
• Laurent Duroux,
• Reinhard Wimmer,
• Kyoko Shimizu and
• Kim L. Larsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 514–523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.58

• fluorescence spectroscopy that the inclusion of the fluorescent guest into both cavities of the β-CD dimer is maintained when grafted onto a solid surface. Keywords: 2,6-ANS; β-cyclodextrin dimer; silicon dioxide; surface grafting; total internal reflection fluorescence spectroscopy; Introduction Since the

• grafting onto azide-functionalized quartz surfaces. Host–guest interactions with the fluorescent guest molecule 2-anilinonaphthalene-6-sulfonic acid (2,6-ANS) were investigated by NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. Further, we probe the complex formation of the surface-grafted β-CD dimer with 2,6-ANS by

• negligible. Inclusion complex with free β-CD dimer in solution Host–guest interactions with the fluorescent probe 2,6-ANS were evaluated for the β-CD dimer by steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy and compared to that of the parent β-CD and 2,6-ANS. In water, 2,6-ANS displays only weak fluorescence