A convenient synthesis of a permethyl-substituted β-cyclodextrin-containing polysiloxane stationary phase using an amide linking group

A novel amide-linked permethyl-substituted β-cyclodextrin-bound polysiloxane stationary phase was prepared in only four steps. First, mono(6-O-toluenesulfonyl)-β-cyclodextrin was treated with sodium azide. Second, the resulting azide derivative was treated with methyl iodide and base followed by reduction with hydrogen to give amine-substituted permethylcyclodextrin 3 . Third, cyclodextrin 3 was treated with p-(allyloxy)benzoyl chloride to form 6^A-(p-allyloxybenzamido)-substituted permethyl-β-cyclodextrin 4 . Lastly, β-cyclodextrin 4 was hydrosilylated onto a polysiloxane backbone containing hydrogen, methyl, and p-tolyl substituents. This new phase separated the enantiomers of certain chiral lactones and alcohols in capillary supercritical fluid chromatography.