Abstract
Analyses of trajectories generated in molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulations and pulse-field-gradient spin−echo nuclear magnetic resonance (PGSE NMR) experiments were used to investigate the molecular origin of the anomalous solubility of β-cyclodextrin (CD) in water. The solubility of β-CD (seven glucose units) is 1 order of magnitude lower compared with α- and γ-CDs, which comprise six and eight glucose residues, respectively. The translational diffusion coefficients derived from NMR and MD are in good agreement and reveal a small but significant deviation from the molecular mass dependence. The β-CD is seen to increase the local water structure dramatically while its internal motion displays a smaller amplitude and faster relaxation of the macrocyclic structure compared with the two other compounds. These results collectively indicate that the relatively rigid macrocyclic structure of β-CD strongly affects the surrounding water ordering, thereby lowering the configurational entropy that results i...
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