title: Effect of peracetylation on the conformation of gamma-cyclodextrin.
abstract: The well-known, fourfold symmetry of the gamma-CD molecule in its solid inclusion complexes is lost on peracetylation, which yields a highly distorted host molecule in which self-inclusion of acetyl residues divides the macrocyclic cavity into two distinct sub-cavities that accommodate solvent molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. Mino.Caira@uct.ac.za
authors.forename: Mino R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Caira
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bettinetti
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sorrenti
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Catenacci
authors.forename: Dyanne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cruickshank
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D047408:gamma-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D047408:gamma-Cyclodextrins; C023792:gamma-cyclodextrin