Earlier, aiming to synthesize the conjugates of α-and β-cyclodextrins containing drug residues at the cyclodextrin torus side occupied with secondary hydroxyl groups, we have performed acylation of per-6-О-(tert-butyl)(dimethyl)silyl derivatives of α-(I) and β-cyclodextrin (II) at the second hydroxyl groups with chloroanhydrides of a series of aromatic monocarpboxylic acids, followed removal of protecting silyl groups [1,2]. Acylation of the silyl derivatives I and II occurred with good yields in pyridine as well as (in the case of compound II) in DMF in the presence of N,Ndimethylaniline (method а) or С 6 Н 6 (method b) in the presence of Et 3 N, the amines acting as the formed hydrogen chloride scavengers (Scheme 1).The trials to perform analogous acylation of the silyl derivative of α-cyclodextrin I with acetylsacicylic chloride III using the methods а and b unexpectedly led to the products of substitution of a substantial part of the protecting silyl groups with acetylsalicylic acid residues. From the 1 Н NMR spectroscopy data, under the acylation conditions only one silyl group was preserved and eight (IV, m = 3, method а) or five (V, m = 0, method b) of the acetylsalicylic acid residues were attached to the cyclodextrin backbone.Unexpected desilylation of the α-cyclodextrin derivative under the conditions of acylation with acyl chloride III using methods а and b, different from conventional acylation in pyridine [2], was apparently due to supramolecular effect of the inner cavity of α-cyclodextrin, as we have mentioned earlier discussing the silyl derivatives of cyclodextrins [3,4].
Methods of acylation. а.A solution of 0.79 g of acyl chloride III in 4 mL DMF was added dropwise upon stirring at 0°С during 30 min to the solution of 0.33 g of the silyl derivative I and 0.53 g of N,Ndimethylaniline in 3 mL DMF. The mixture was incubated during 24 h at 20°С, then evaporated in vacuum (10 mmHg) to oily state; the residue was