title: Octylglucopyranoside and cyclodextrin in water. Self-aggregation and complex formation.
abstract: At 25 degrees C ultrasonic attenuation spectra between 100 kHz and 400 MHz as well as sound velocities and densities of aqueous solutions of the surfactant n-octyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside and of the cage compound alpha-cyclodextrin have been measured. The liquid system reveals a critical association concentration (cac) exceeding the cmc of the surfactant almost by the cyclodextrin concentration and thus indicating a significant formation of cyclodextrin-surfactant inclusion complexes. The ultrasonic spectra display altogether four relaxation regions. The one with largest relaxation time (0.27 mus < or = tau(1) < or = 1.6 mus) exhibits a noticeable amplitude at surfactant concentrations larger than the cac only. It is assigned to the monomer exchange between the micelles and the suspending phase. A term with relaxation time tau(2) (33 ns < or = tau(2) < or = 135 ns) is characteristic for solutions containing both solutes. It is assumed to reflect the inclusion complex formation. Complexes with 1:1, 2:1, and 1:2 stoichiometry appear to exist. The terms at higher frequencies (4.8 ns < or = tau(3) < or = 9.8 ns; 0.8 ns <or = tau(4) < or = 2 ns) are due to fluctuations of the carbohydrate residues around the glucosidic bond angles and to the rotational isomerization of the exocyclic hydroxymethyl groups, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universitat, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Gottingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kaatze
mesh_terms: D005960:Glucosides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D047391:alpha-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D047391:alpha-Cyclodextrins; D014867:Water; C018619:octyl-beta-D-glucoside; C032613:alpha-cyclodextrin