Novel non-covalent stable supramolecular ternary system comprising of cyclodextrin and branched polyethylenimine

ABSTRACT: The synthesis of a novel supramolecular system comprising of branched polyethylenimine and cyclodextrin, is presented. The synthesis route is based on the self-assembly phenomena with the inclusion of solvent molecules. The systems are formed by a hydrogen-bonding network and host–guest type interactions between the building blocks. It was found that the native cyclodextrin and polyethylenimine are able to form stable systems when the reaction medium constitutes a polar solvent forming host–guest type complexes with cyclodextrin. A special consideration was paid on the detailed spectroscopic analyses of the obtained water-soluble constructs, including ROESY and diffusion-ordered (DOSY) NMR spectroscopy studies. The versatility and significance of DOSY technique for the analysis of the cyclodextrin complexes and its non-covalent systems with branched polymers, were presented. It was also found that the guest molecules that were incorporated in the complexes exhibited enhanced thermal stability. The morphological details in the solid state were obtained by scanning electron microscope. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10847-016-0677-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.