Synthesis and characterization of a hyper-branched water-soluble β-cyclodextrin polymer

• Francesco Trotta,
• Fabrizio Caldera,
• Roberta Cavalli,
• Andrea Mele,
• Carlo Punta,
• Lucio Melone,
• Franca Castiglione,
• Barbara Rossi,
• Monica Ferro,
• Vincenza Crupi,
• Domenico Majolino,
• Valentina Venuti and
• Dominique Scalarone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2586–2593, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.271

• ; polyelectrolytes; soluble β-cyclodextrin polymers; Introduction Cyclodextrins (CDs) are biomolecules consisting of glucopyranoside units linked 1,4 to form cyclic oligossacharides. CDs composed of 6, 7 or 8 sugar units, which are known as α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrins respectively, are characterized by a toroidal