title: Characterization of a new methylated beta-cyclodextrin with a low degree of substitution by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography using evaporative light scattering detection.
abstract: A new methylated beta-cyclodextrin with a low degree of substitution was characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with evaporative light scattering detection. Using alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid as the matrix and the thin layer method as the deposition procedure, MALDI-TOF-MS revealed that the mixture was composed of CDs bearing from 2 to 8 methyl groups with an average degree of substitution (DS) of 0.7 (i.e. 0.7 methyl groups per glucopyranose unit). Using a Purospher Star RP-18 endcapped column with acetonitrile-water mobile phase in gradient elution mode, HPLC was employed at analytical scale to obtain a chromatographic fingerprint of the crude mixture and at semi-preparative scale to fractionate it. MALDI-TOF-MS of these fractions revealed that the overall retention of the different derivatives, which depicts their polarity, was mainly driven by the DS and increased with the number of methyl groups on the CD moiety.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, UMR CNRS 6005, FR 2708, Université d'Orléans, UFR Sciences, BP 6759, rue de Chartres, 45067 Orléans Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Favetta
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Elfakir
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lafosse
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D008027:Light; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C038119:heptakis(2,6-O-dimethyl)beta-cyclodextrin