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

Table 6.

Formation constant (Kf, M−1) values of cyclodextrin/volatile guest inclusion complexes determined by NMR spectroscopy.

Guest Observed Signal α-CD β-CD γ-CD HP-α-CD HP-β-CD HP-γ-CD
Benzoic acid δ 842 a 306 a - 731 a 447 a 551 a
Carvacrol δ + D - 1736 b - - - -
m-Cresol δ 48 c 125 c 97 c - 130 c -
(+)-Fenchone δ - 550 d - - - -
(−)-Fenchone δ - 523 d - - - -
Nootkatone δ + D - 5750 e - - - -
Phenol δ 19 c 60 c 3 c - - -
Thymol δ + D - 1344 b - - - -
Vanillin D - 9.8 f - - - -

CD: cyclodextrin; HP-α-CD: 2-hydroxypropyl-α-cyclodextrin; HP-β-CD: 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin; HP-γ-CD: 2-hydroxypropyl-γ-cyclodextrin; δ: chemical shift; D: diffusion coefficient. a [94], b [77], c [97], d [95], e [14], f [96].