Structural characterization of N-methylcarbamate: β-cyclodextrin complexes by experimental methods and molecular dynamics simulations.

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc

Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico Química de Córdoba, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.

Published: February 2013

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  • The study investigates how β-cyclodextrin interacts with several N-methylcarbamates insecticides, including Bendiocarb, Carbaryl, Carbofuran, and Promecarb, using both experimental and computational techniques.
  • Techniques like Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics show that Promecarb interacts with β-cyclodextrin through its alkyl group, while the other insecticides primarily involve their aromatic parts in the interaction.
  • The findings provide insights into the specific binding mechanisms of these insecticides with β-cyclodextrin, highlighting the importance of molecular structure in the inclusion process.

Article Abstract

Detailed insights regarding the inclusion process between β-cyclodextrin and the N-methylcarbamates insecticides like Bendiocarb, Carbaryl, Carbofuran and Promecarb, are proposed in bases of experimental and computational methods. The results from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, induced circular dichroism and molecular dynamics indicate that only in the case of Promecarb the interaction with the macrocycle is produced by the alkyl rest of the molecule. In all other cases the aromatic moiety is the part of the insecticide that is partially included in the cavity of β-cyclodextrin.

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