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. 2018 May 17;23(5):1204. doi: 10.3390/molecules23051204

Table 4.

Formation constant (Kf, M−1) values of CD/volatile guest inclusion complexes determined by UV-Visible spectroscopy.

Guest Method α-CD β-CD γ-CD CRYSMEB RAMEB HP-β-CD
Acetophenone BH 140 a 188 a - - - -
Allyl isothiocyanate SD - 36 b - - - -
trans-Anethole SD 927 c 542 d - 1039 c 1815 c 845 d
Anisole BH - 209 a - - - -
Anisyl alcohol SD - 107 e - 130 e 125 e 156 e
Benzaldehyde BH 102 a 150 a - - - -
Benzene BH 29 a 194 a - - - -
Benzoic acid BH - 120 f - - - -
Benzonitrile BH 78 a 170 a - - - -
Benzyl alcohol BH 96 a 143 a - - - -
SD 63 e - 57 e 55 e 54 e
Benzyl chloride BH 204 a 280 a - - - -
Bromobenzene BH 540 a 322 a - - - -
Camphor - 3 g 19 g - - - -
Carvacrol SD 454 h 2620 h 999 h 2421 h 3564 h 2154 h
Chlorobenzene BH 112 a 196 a - - - -
Cineole - 6 g 29 g - - - -
Citral - 8 g 31 g - - - -
3,4-Dimethoxy benzaldehyde BH 98 i 157 i - - - -
N,N-Dimethylaniline BH 172 a 252 a - - - -
Estragole SD 335 j 987 j 52 j 1584 j 1916 j 1508 j
Ethyl benzoate BH 361 a 539 a - - - -
Ethyl phenyl ether BH 171 a 308 a - - - -
N-Ethyl aniline BH 128 a 217 a - - - -
Ethylbenzene BH 104 a 389 a - - - -
Eugenol BH 4.95 × 104 k
10,633 l
3.96 × 105 k 1.47 × 105 k - - 4555 l
- 5 g 23 g - - - -
SD 350 c 322 e - 401 e 521 e 445 e
Fluorobenzene BH 39 a 91 a - - - -
Furaneol - 1.1 g 7 g - - - -
Geraniol BH 51 m - - - -
- 9 g 44 g - - - -
4-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy benzaldehyde BH 269 i 372 i - - - -
p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde BH 72 n - - - -
Iodobenzene BH 1200 a 846 a - - - -
Isoeugenol SD 178 c 304 e - 240 e 547 e 452 e
Limonene - 14 g 55 g - - - -
Menthol - 10 g 35 g - - - -
N-Methylaniline BH 83 a 131 a - - - -
Methyl benzoate BH 213 a 317 a - - - -
Methyl cinnamate - 4 g 20 g - - - -
Nerol BH - 26 m - - -
Nerolidol SD - - - - 8168 o
Nitrobenzene BH 89 a 279 a - - - -
Nootkatone - 7 g 32 g - - - -
N-Phenylacetamide BH 103 a 157 a - - - -
Phenol BH 40 a 95 a - - - -
Phenylacetylene BH 86 a 230 a - - - -
Phenylamine BH 15 a 86 a - - - -
Sabinene hydrate SD 108 p 2108 p 708 p 1308 p 1882 p 772 p
α-Terpineol SD 126 p 1143 p 89 p 1223 p 1287 p 761 p
Thymol SD 107 h 1467 h 233 h 2386 h 3337 h 488 h
Toluene BH 36 a 214 a - - - -
o-Vanillin BH 105 i 250 i - - - -
Vanillin BH 163 i 100 n
296 i
- - - -
- 1.6 g 17 g - - - -
p-Vinyl guaiacol - 2 g 17 g - - - -

CD: cyclodextrin; CRYSMEB: low methylated-β-cyclodextrin; RAMEB: randomly methylated-β-cyclodextrin; HP-β-CD: 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin; SBE-β-CD: sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin; BH: Benesi-Hildebrand; SD; spectral displacement. a [73], b [74], c [75], d [20], e [13], f [76], g [67], h [77], i [78], j [52], k [69], l [68], m [79], n [14], o [80], p [81].