Host-Guest Complexation Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Adamantane–Cyclodextrin Inclusion

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Host-Guest Complexation Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Adamantane–Cyclodextrin Inclusion

Daniel Granadero ¹ , Jorge Bordello ¹ , Maria Jesus Pérez-Alvite ² , Mercedes Novo ¹ and Wajih Al-Soufi ¹^,*

¹ Departamento de Química Física, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E 27002 Lugo, Spain ² Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Received: 1 December 2009; in revised form: 31 December 2009 / Accepted: 4 January 2010 / Published: 12 January 2010

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Single Molecules)

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Abstract: The host-guest complexation between an Alexa 488 labelled adamantane derivative and β-cyclodextrin is studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). A 1:1 complex stoichiometry and a high association equilibrium constant of K = 5.2 × 10⁴ M^-1 are obtained in aqueous solution at 25 °C and pH = 6. The necessary experimental conditions are discussed. FCS proves to be an excellent method for the determination of stoichiometry and association equilibrium constant of this type of complexes, where both host and guest are nonfluorescent and which are therefore not easily amenable to standard fluorescence spectroscopic methods.

Keywords: fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; host-guest chemistry; adamantane; cyclodextrin

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Granadero, D.; Bordello, J.; Pérez-Alvite, M.J.; Novo, M.; Al-Soufi, W. Host-Guest Complexation Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Adamantane–Cyclodextrin Inclusion. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2010, 11, 173-188.

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Granadero D., Bordello J., Pérez-Alvite M.J., Novo M., Al-Soufi W. Host-Guest Complexation Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Adamantane–Cyclodextrin Inclusion. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2010; 11(1):173-188.

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Granadero, Daniel; Bordello, Jorge; Pérez-Alvite, Maria Jesus; Novo, Mercedes; Al-Soufi, Wajih. 2010. "Host-Guest Complexation Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Adamantane–Cyclodextrin Inclusion." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 11, no. 1: 173-188.

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