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. 2018 May 11;23(5):1161. doi: 10.3390/molecules23051161

Table 2.

The cavity size and some important physicochemical properties of natural CDs and some of their derivatives.

Types Substituent 1 DS Inner Cavity Diameter (Å) Hydrogen Donors Hydrogen Acceptors Solubility (mg/mL, 25 °C) Log Po/w Surface Tension (mN/m) References
Naural CD
αCD H 0 4.7–5.3 18 30 145 −13 71 [1,42]
βCD H 0 6.0–6.5 21 35 18.5 −14 71 [1]
γCD H 0 7.5–8.3 24 40 232 −17 71 [1]
Modified CD
HPαCD -CH2-CHOH-CH3 3.6 4.5–5.3 18 36 - - - [43]
CMβCD -CH2-CO2H 3–5 - 21 49 50 −4.9 - [32]
DMβCD -CH3 12–16 5.8–6.5 7 35 570 - 62 [34]
RMβCD -CH3 9.7–13.6 - 9 35 >500 −6 57.5–54.1 [1,44,45]
TMβCD -CH3 21 4–7 0 35 310 - 56 [34,46]
HEβCD -CH2-CH2OH 3.6 - 21 42 >2000 - - [26,47]
HPβCD -CH2-CHOH-CH3 2.8–10.5 6.0 25 39 >1200 −11 54.8–57.5 [1,47]
SBEβCD (CH2)4-SO3Na 6.2–6.9 - 21 35 >1200 <−10 71 [1]
HPγCD -CH2-CHOH-CH3 3.0–5.4 8.0 24 45 800 −13 - [1]
SBEγCD (CH2)4-SO3Na 4–8 - - - - - - [43,48]
SUG -SCH2CH2CO2Na 8 7.5–8.3 24 48 Very soluble −16 72.2 [1]
Branched CD
G1βCD glucosyl 1 6.0–6.5 24 40 970 −9 71 [26,49]
G2βCD maltosyl 1 - 27 45 >1500 −9 72 [33]
GUGβCD glucoronylglucosyl 1 - - - >2000 - 73 [33]

1 DS is defined as the average number of substituents per one CD molecule; DMαCD, dimethyl-αCD; TMαCD, trimethyl-αCD; HPαCD, 2-hydroxypropyl-αCD; CMβCD, carboxymethyl-βCD; DMβCD, dimethyl-βCD; TMβCD, trimethyl-βCD; HEβCD, hydroxyethyl-βCD; DMγCD, dimethyl-γCD; TMγCD, trimethyl-γCD; HPγCD, hydroxypropyl-γCD, SBEγCD, sulfobutylether-γCD sodium salt; SUG, sugammadex; G1βCD, glucosyl-βCD; G2βCD, maltosyl-βCD; GUGβCD, glucoronyl-glucosyl-βCD.