Abstract The effects of β-cyclodextrin were investigated on the fluorescence emission and excitation as well as on the UV absorption and solubility of certain bimanes in aqueous solution. Three syn-bimanes with differing water solubilities were examined, namely, syn-(CH2OCOCH3, CH3) bimane, syn-(CH3, CH3) bimane, and syn-(C6H3, Cl) bimane. the anti-(CH3, CH3) bimane was also examined. In dilute solutions, the syn-(CH3, CH3) bimane and syn-(C6H3, Cl) bimane showed enhancement of their relative fluorescence intensities upon the addition of β-cyclodextrin as did anti-(CH3, CH3) bimane. Only the anti-(CH3, CH3) bimane showed significant changes in its UV absorption upon the addition of β-cyclodextrin. Both syn-(CH2OCOCH3, CH3) bimane and syn-(CH3, CH3) bimane solubilities were increased in the presence of β-CD. the formation of β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes is proposed as a possible interpretation of these observations.
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