Preparation and Analysis of Cyclodextrin Derivatives

School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 

As the native cyclodextrins (CDs) exhibit some limitations in application, they need to be modified to improve the properties. All the modification methods could be divided into two kinds, chemical modification and enzymatic modification. Based on the stable cyclic structure, CDs could be modified via etherification, esterification, oxidation and crosslinking reactions. The chemical modification has a special purpose of introducing novel functional group. CDs modified by chemical means were named as cyclodextrin chemical derivatives (CCDs). 

In this chapter, synthesis pathway, separation and detection of several important CCDs will be discussed. 

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