Structural characterization and dynamic properties of solid-state inclusion complexes of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) were investigated by (19)F/(13)C solid-state and (19)F/(1)H solution NMR spectroscopy. The complexes in the solid state were prepared using dissolution and slow cool methods, where thermal analyses (DSC and TGA), PXRD, and FT-IR results provided complementary support that inclusion complexes were formed between β-CD and PFOA with variable stoichiometry and inclusion geometry. (19)F DP (direct polarization) and (13)C CP (cross-polarization) with magic-angle spinning (MAS) solids NMR, along with (19)F/(1)H solution NMR were used to characterize the complexes in the solid and solution phases, respectively. The dynamics of the guest molecules in the inclusion complexes (ICs) were studied using variable temperature (VT) (19)F DP/MAS NMR experiments in the solid state. The guest molecules were observed to be in several different molecular environments, providing strong evidence of variable host-guest stoichiometry and inclusion geometry, in accordance with the preparation method of the complex and the conformational preference of PFOA. It was concluded from PXRD that β-CD and PFOA form inclusion complexes with "channel-type" structures. Variable spin rate (VSR) (19)F DP/MAS NMR was used to assess the phase purity of the complexes, and it was revealed that slow cooling resulted in relatively pure phases. In the solution state, (1)H and (19)F NMR complexation-induced chemical shifts (CISs) of β-CD and PFOA, respectively, provided strong support for the formation of 1:1 and 2:1 β-CD/PFOA inclusion complexes. The dynamics of the guest molecule in the β-CD/PFOA complexes in D(2)O solutions were probed using VT (19)F NMR and revealed some guest conformational and exchange dynamics as a function of temperature and the relative concentrations of the host and guest.

Characterization of the structure and dynamics for the solid inclusion complexes (ICs) between β-cyclodextrin (β-CD; host) and sodium perfluorooctanoate (SPFO; guest) was carried out using 1H/19F/13C NMR spectroscopy. The 1:1 and 2:1 β-CD/SPFO solid complexes were prepared by a modified dissolution method. Evidence for the formation of β-CD/SPFO ICs was provided by 13C DP (direct polarization) and CP (cross-polarization) solid-state NMR spectroscopy with magic angle spinning (MAS) at 20 kHz. The complexation-induced shifts (CIS) of 1H/19F/13C nuclei between solution and the solid state for β-CD/SPFO complexes and the closely related complexes of β-CD/PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) were compared. The counterion effect for SPFO and PFOA was observed according to their variable structure and binding as inclusion compounds with β-CD. The effect of sodium versus hydronium counterions on the structure and dynamics of inclusion complexes for these systems was supported by DSC, TGA, FT-IR, and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). Simulations of the CF3 19F NMR with MAS at 25 kHz and selected dipolar coupling strengths were utilized in conjunction with deconvolution analyses of the experimental CF3 lineshapes to probe the dynamic properties of SPFO and its complexes with β-CD. The dynamics of the guest are influenced by the host/guest binding geometry and the stoichiometry of the complex, where free rotation of the CF3 group as well as rotations of the C–F bonds occur. 19F DP/MAS NMR results and spin–lattice (T 1) and spin–spin (T 2) relaxation times in the laboratory frame at variable temperatures in the solid phase indicate that the dynamics of SPFO in β-CD/SPFO complexes are unique compared to those of PFOA in β-CD/PFOA complexes, due to the role of counterion effects of the guest.