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. 2009 Jan 22;39(3):371–379. doi: 10.1007/s00249-008-0394-9

Table 1.

Images of modeling structures, calculated molecular mass (M calc), inner (d ii) and outer (d 0i) diameters and the values of molecular mass obtained with MALDI-TOF MS of cyclodextrin molecules

CD Images of modeling structures M calc (g/mol) d aii (108 cm) d a0i (108 cm) M (MALDI) (g/mol)
α-CD (C6H10O5)6 graphic file with name 249_2008_394_Figa_HTML.gif 972.9 5.0–4.7 14.6 972.4
β-CD (C6H10O5)7 graphic file with name 249_2008_394_Figb_HTML.gif 1,135.0 6.5–6.0 15.4 1,134.5
γ-CD (C6H10O5)8 graphic file with name 249_2008_394_Figc_HTML.gif 1,297.1 8.3–7.5 17.5 1,296.6

aAs measured on space-filling or CPK models (Saenger 1980; Corey and Pauling 1953)