Selection between pinching-type and supramolecular polymer-type complexes by alpha-cyclodextrin-beta-cyclodextrin hetero-dimer and hetero-cinnamamide guest dimers. 
Novel supramolecular complexes have been prepared from an alpha-cyclodextrin-beta-cyclodextrin hetero-dimer (alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer) and hetero-cinnamamide guest dimers, G-t-Boc and G-NH2, having adamantyl groups in aqueous solutions.  On addition of the competitive guest, the supramolecular structure formed by a mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc was found to be different from that of a mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 by the 1H NMR spectroscopy, the ROESY NMR spectroscopy, and the circular dichroism spectroscopy.  The size of the supramolecular complex from the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 is larger than that from the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc, which was proved by the pulse field gradient spin-echo NMR and the atomic force microscopy.  These results suggest that the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-t-Boc formed a pinching-type complex, and the mixture of the alpha-CD-beta-CD hetero-dimer and G-NH2 formed a supramolecular polymer-type complex.