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β-Cyclodextrin

CAS No.
7585-39-9
Chemical Name:
β-Cyclodextrin
Synonyms
β-Cyclodextrin;BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN;betadex;B-Cyclodextrin;Cyclodextrins;BCD;CARAWAY;BETA BYCLODEXTRIN;CYCLOMALTOHEPTAOSE;BETA-CYCLODEXTRINE
CBNumber:
CB8289713
Molecular Formula:
C42H70O35
Molecular Weight:
1134.99
MDL Number:
MFCD00078139
MOL File:
7585-39-9.mol
MSDS File:
SDS
TDS File:
TDS
Last updated:2026-08-04 11:17:55

β-Cyclodextrin Properties

Melting point 290-300 °C (dec.) (lit.)
Boiling point 844.96°C (rough estimate)
alpha [α]D25 +159~+165° (c=1, H2O) (After Drying)
Density 1.2296 (rough estimate)
refractive index 1.7500 (estimate)
FEMA 4028 | BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN
storage temp. room temp
solubility 1 M NaOH: 50 mg/mL
form powder
pka 11.73±0.70(Predicted)
color white
PH 5.0-8.0 (1% in solution, Ph Eur)
Odor at 100.00 %. odorless
Odor Type odorless
biological source plant
optical activity [α]20/D +162±3°, c = 1.5% in H2O
Water Solubility Soluble in water and ammonium hydroxide.
Merck 14,2718
BRN 78623
Stability Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
Cosmetics Ingredients Functions CHELATING
ABSORBENT
InChIKey WHGYBXFWUBPSRW-FOUAGVGXSA-N
LogP -9.06
Substances Added to Food (formerly EAFUS) BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN
FDA 21 CFR 182.10; 182.20; 582.10;582.20
FDA UNII JV039JZZ3A
EPA Substance Registry System .beta.-Cyclodextrin (7585-39-9)
Absorption ≤0.05 at 350-750nm in solution at 1%
≤0.1 at 230-350nm in solution at 1%
UNSPSC Code 41116107
NACRES NA.79

SAFETY

Risk and Safety Statements

Symbol(GHS)  Exclamation Mark (GHS07)
GHS07
Signal word  Warning
Hazard statements  H332
Precautionary statements  P261-P304+P340
PPE Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)
Hazard Codes  Xi
Risk Statements  36/37/38-20
Safety Statements  26-36-24/25
WGK Germany  2
RTECS  GU2293000
TSCA  TSCA listed
HS Code  29400000
Storage Class 11 - Combustible Solids
REACH Registrations Active
NFPA 704
0
1 0

β-Cyclodextrin price More Price(104)

Manufacturer Product number Product description CAS number Packaging Price Updated Buy
Sigma-Aldrich W402826 β-Cyclodextrin Wacker Chemie AG 7585-39-9 1 each $58 2026-04-30 Buy
Sigma-Aldrich B0950000 Betadex European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard 7585-39-9 180 mg $254 2026-04-30 Buy
Sigma-Aldrich 239760 β-Cyclodextrin - CAS 7585-39-9 - Calbiochem 7585-39-9 25G $70.5 2026-04-30 Buy
Sigma-Aldrich 239760 β-Cyclodextrin - CAS 7585-39-9 - Calbiochem 7585-39-9 500G $654 2026-04-30 Buy
Sigma-Aldrich 1154569 Beta Cyclodextrin United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard 7585-39-9 500mg $511 2026-04-30 Buy
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β-Cyclodextrin Chemical Properties, Uses, Production

Description

Cyclodextrins refer to a family of compounds consisting of sugar molecules bound together in ring (cyclic oligosaccharides). It is produced from starch through enzymatic conversion. Beta-cyclodextrin is the 7-membered sugar ring molecular form of cyclodextrin. Cyclodextrin has various applications. In the pharmaceutical industry, it can be used as complexing agents for increasing the solubility of poorly soluble drug as well as increasing their bioavailability and stability. It can also alleviate the gastrointestinal drug irritation, and prevent drug-drug and drug-excipient interactions. It can also be used in food, pharmaceutical, drug delivery, and chemical industries, as well as agriculture and environmental engineering.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclodextrin
https://notendur.hi.is/thorstlo/general.pdf

Chemical Properties

white powder

Chemical Properties

Cyclodextrins occur as white, practically odorless, fine crystalline powders, having a slightly sweet taste. Some cyclodextrin derivatives occur as amorphous powders.

Chemical Properties

A biennial herbaceous plant very common in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States, it has a tapering fleshy root, furrowed stem, finely cut feathery leaves, umbels of small flower heads in midsummer, and capsules containing two curved narrow seeds. The plant grows to about 60 cm and it blooms from May to July. The part used is the fruit, containing approximately 15% of fixed oils and 3 to 7% of essential oil. Caraway has a warm, biting flavor with a strong, fatty, harsh undernote.

Chemical Properties

beta Cyclodextrin is a virtually odorless, slightly sweet-tasting, white or almost white crystalline solid or fine powder.

Occurrence

A derivative of naturally occurring starch.

Uses

Use to solubilize non-polar compounds such as fatty acids, lipids and cholesterol. Reported useful for the selective precipitation of enantiomeric, positional or structural isomersβ-Cyclodextrin is used with dansyl chloride to form water-soluble complexes for fluorescent labeling of proteins. It is an active ingredient of household odor eliminator. It is also used in personal care products like toothpastes, skin creams and dusting powders. It finds applications in the cosmetic industry for products like detergents and perfumes for the controlled release of fragrances. Further, it is used to produce HPLC columns allowing chiral enantiomers separation. In addition to this, it is used to decrease the level of cholesterol in milk fat.

Uses

β-Cyclodextrin is a cyclic oligosaccharide produced from starch via enzymatic conversion. β-Cyclodextrin is commonly used to produce HPLC columns allowing chiral enantiomers separation.

Production Methods

Cyclodextrins are manufactured by the enzymatic degradation of starch using specialized bacteria. For example, β-cyclodextrin is produced by the action of the enzyme cyclodextrin glucosyltransferase upon starch or a starch hydrolysate. An organic solvent is used to direct the reaction that produces β-cyclodextrin, and to prevent the growth of microorganisms during the enzymatic reaction. The insoluble complex of β-cyclodextrin and organic solvent is separated from the noncyclic starch, and the organic solvent is removed in vacuo so that less than 1 ppm of solvent remains in the β-cyclodextrin. The β-cyclodextrin is then carbon treated and crystallized from water, dried, and collected.

Preparation

Usually produced commercially from Bacillus macerans or B. circulans fermentation of starch or starch hydrolysate.

Definition

ChEBI: Beta-cyclodextrin is a cyclodextrin composed of seven alpha-(1->4) linked D-glucopyranose units.

Essential oil composition

In addition to carvone, the oil contains d-limonene, carveol, diacetyl furfural, methyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde and other substances. Caraway oil consists of 3.5 to 7% volatile and fatty oils; resin, sugar, tannin, mucilage.

Taste threshold values

Reported to have a taste threshold value lower than that of sucrose with a detection level of 3.9 to 27 ppm and a recognition level of 11 to 52 ppm

General Description

Beta-Cyclodextrin is the most abundant and cheap cyclic oligosaccharide that forms inclusion complexes with several drug molecules. Its main application is in tablet and capsule formulations.
Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Flammability and Explosibility

Non flammable

Pharmaceutical Applications

Cyclodextrins are ‘bucketlike’ or ‘conelike’ toroid molecules, with a rigid structure and a central cavity, the size of which varies according to the cyclodextrin type. The internal surface of the cavity is hydrophobic and the outside of the torus is hydrophilic; this is due to the arrangement of hydroxyl groups within the molecule. This arrangement permits the cyclodextrin to accommodate a guest molecule within the cavity, forming an inclusion complex.
Cyclodextrins may be used to form inclusion complexes with a variety of drug molecules, resulting primarily in improvements to dissolution and bioavailability owing to enhanced solubility and improved chemical and physical stability.
Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes have also been used to mask the unpleasant taste of active materials and to convert a liquid substance into a solid material.
b-Cyclodextrin is the most commonly used cyclodextrin, although it is the least soluble. It is the least expensive cyclodextrin; is commercially available from a number of sources; and is able to form inclusion complexes with a number of molecules of pharmaceutical interest. However, b-cyclodextrin is nephrotoxic and should not be used in parenteral formulations. b-Cyclodextrin is primarily used in tablet and capsule formulations.
In oral tablet formulations, b-cyclodextrin may be used in both wet-granulation and direct-compression processes. The physical properties of b-cyclodextrin vary depending on the manufacturer. However, b-cyclodextrin tends to possess poor flow properties and requiresalubricant,such as 0.1% w/w magnesium stearate,when it is directly compressed.
In parenteral formulations, cyclodextrins have been used to produce stable and soluble preparations of drugs that would otherwise have been formulated using a nonaqueous solvent.
In eye drop formulations, cyclodextrins form water-soluble complexes with lipophilic drugs such as corticosteroids. They have been shown to increase the water solubility of the drug; to enhance drug absorption into the eye; to improve aqueous stability; and to reduce local irritation.
Cyclodextrins have also been used in the formulation of solutions,suppositories, and cosmetics.

Biochem/physiol Actions

β-Cyclodextrin is the cyclic α heptamer of glucose. It acts as a host to form inclusion compounds with the guests including derivatives of benzene, cyclohexane, adamantane, other alicyclic guests, and also inorganic molecules or ions. It is generally used to solubilize non-polar compounds such a fatty acids, lipids and cholesterol.

Safety

Cyclodextrins are starch derivatives and are mainly used in oral and parenteral pharmaceutical formulations. They are also used in topical and ophthalmic formulations.
Cyclodextrins are also used in cosmetics and food products, and are generally regarded as essentially nontoxic and nonirritant materials. However, when administered parenterally, β-cyclodextrin is not metabolized but accumulates in the kidneys as insoluble cholesterol complexes, resulting in severe nephrotoxicity.
Cyclodextrin administered orally is metabolized by microflora in the colon, forming the metabolites maltodextrin, maltose, and glucose; these are themselves further metabolized before being finally excreted as carbon dioxide and water. Although a study published in 1957 suggested that orally administered cyclodextrins were highly toxic, more recent animal toxicity studies in rats and dogs have shown this not to be the case, and cyclodextrins are now approved for use in food products and orally administered pharmaceuticals in a number of countries.
Cyclodextrins are not irritant to the skin and eyes, or upon inhalation. There is also no evidence to suggest that cyclodextrins are mutagenic or teratogenic.
β-Cyclodextrin
LD50 (mouse, IP): 0.33 g/kg(16)
LD50 (mouse, SC): 0.41 g/kg
LD50 (rat, IP): 0.36 g/kg
LD50 (rat, IV): 1.0 g/kg
LD50 (rat, oral): 18.8 g/kg
LD50 (rat, SC): 3.7 g/kg

storage

Cyclodextrins should be stored in a tightly sealed container, in a cool, dry place.Cyclodextrins are stable in the solid state if protected from high humidity.

Purification Methods

Recrystallise β-cyclodextrin from water and dry it for 12hours in a vacuum at 110o, or 24hours in a vacuum at 70o. The purity is assessed by TLC on cellulose containing a fluorescent indicator. [Taguchi, J Am Chem Soc 108 2705 1986, Tabushi et al. J Am Chem Soc 108 4514 1986, Orstam & Ross J Phys Chem 91 2739 1987.] [Beilstein 19 IV 6287, 19/12 V 801.]

Regulatory Status

Included in the FDA Inactive Ingredients Database: α-cyclodextrin (injection preparations); β-cyclodextrin (oral tablets, topical gels); γ-cyclodextrin (IV injections).
Included in the Canadian List of Acceptable Non-medicinal Ingredients (stabilizing agent; solubilizing agent ); and in oral and rectal pharmaceutical formulations licensed in Europe, Japan, and the USA.

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A:β-Cyclodextrin and its derivatives are widely used in tablets, capsules, oral solutions and suspensions, injectables, topical dermatological preparations, ophthalmic preparations, and other dosage forms including suppositories, aerosols, transdermal patches and nanoparticles. It is a cyclic oligosaccharide composed of seven glucose units linked by α-1,4-glycosidic bonds, featuring a hydrophilic outer surface and a hydrophobic inner cavity with a diameter of approximately 6–6.5 Å. This substance encapsulates poorly soluble drug molecules within its hydrophobic cavity via hydrophobic interactions (such as van der Waals forces), forming inclusion complexes. The surface of the inclusion complex is covered by the hydrophilic shell of the cyclodextrin, thereby significantly improving the apparent solubility, stability and bioavailability of the drug, whilst also achieving effects such as controlled release, masking of taste, and reduction of irritation and toxicity.

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