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Keywords:

  • Click chemistry;
  • Cycloaddition;
  • Cyclodextrins

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A variety of mono- and polytopic 1,2,3-triazole β-CD derivatives have been synthesized by click chemistry. The synthetic procedure is based on the CuI-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction between hydroxylated or randomly methylated β-CD monoazides and alkynyl precursors. Easy to use, the reaction is also high-yielding for many molecules.

Abstract

A great variety of mono- and polytopic β-cyclodextrin hosts have been easily synthesized by using the CuI-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction. Of particular interest for their multibinding properties, dimeric and trimeric CD compounds were obtained by “clicking” mono-6-azido-β-cyclodextrin derivatives with flexible or rigid dialkynyl spacers. The reaction is general, high-yielding for some of the synthesized molecules (>80 %) and proceeds under mild conditions. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2008)