Abstract
A novel folic acid-β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) conjugate was synthesized and preliminarily characterized by 1H NMR, ESI-MS, and MALDI-MS. 1H NMR shows the presence of α-and γ-conjugates which are generated by β-CD linkage in turn with both carboxylic functions of folic acid. Moreover ROESY evidences supramolecular interactions between the benzene ring of the folic acid and the β-CD cavity. DOSY suggests that ethylenediamine derived β-CD-folic acid forms a colloidal dispersion difficult to purify from free folic acid. An analysis of self-diffusion coefficient (Ds) of the three species (α-, γ-conjugates, and free folic acid) and relaxation times (T1 and T2) is reported to tentatively explain the colloidal behaviour of the new species in an aqueous solution.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 321-325 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- Colloids
- Conjugates
- Cyclodextrin
- Dynamic NMR
- Folic acid