Structural study on inclusion complexes of cyclodextrins with organophosphorus pesticides by use of rotational strength analysis method

For inclusion complexes of cyclodextrins with parathinons and paraoxon, inclusion depths were estimated with the rotational strength analysis method. The inclusion depths of pesticides were sensitive to the difference in the hydrophobic properties of the phosphate and monothiophosphate groups and were in close correlations with the substrate-specificity for the cyclodextrin-catalyzed hydrolysis of pesticides. The inclusion depths were also characteristically affected by surfactant material having high solubilization functions to aquatic environmental chemicals. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.