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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 9, Issue 47, Pages 27484-27499Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra04431k
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- project CIMPest (INTEC, Dominican Republic) [CBA-330810-2018-P-1]
- project TATARCOP (InSTEC, Cuba)
- Cooperation Service of the French Embassy in Cuba
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The present work aimed to study the guest-host complexes of beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (beta-HCH), a pesticide with high environmental stability that can cause severe health problems, with the most common cyclodextrins (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-CDs). The formation reactions of these molecular inclusion complexes were addressed in this research. The multiple minima hypersurface methodology, quantum calculations based on density functional theory and a topological exploration of the electron density based on the quantum theory of atoms in molecules approach were used to characterize the interaction spaces of the pollutant with the three CDs. Additionally, charge distribution, charge transfer and dual descriptor analyses were employed to elucidate the driving forces involved in the formation of these molecular inclusion complexes. Three types of fundamental interactions were observed: total occlusion, partial occlusion and external interaction (non-occlusion). Finally, experiments were performed to confirm the formation of the studied complexes. The most stable complexes were obtained when gamma-CD was the host molecule. The interactions between the pesticide and CDs have fundamentally dispersive natures, as was confirmed experimentally by spectroscopic results. All the obtained results suggest the possibility of using CDs for the purification and treatment of water polluted with beta-HCH.
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