“…The solution was kept at room temperature for 30 min to destroy the formate esters formed in the reaction, after which it was poured into ice water (1.5 l). The precipitate was collected and Soxhlet extracted with methanol for 20 h. After rigorous drying, per-6-iodo-β-cyclodextrin was recovered as a white powder in 50% yield: MS m/z (positive ion ESI) 1903 for [M+Na] + , 1 H NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d 6 δ) 3.24-3.68 (m, H-2, H-3, H-4, H-5, H-6a), 3.79 (bd, J = 9 Hz, 7 H, H-6b), 4.97 (d, J = 3 Hz, 7 H, H-1), 5.91 (7 H, OH-3), 6.02 (d, J = 5.4 Hz, 7 H, OH-2).…”