-Cyclodextrins functionalized at the 6-position with perfluoro butanoate groups were prepared from theesterification reaction between
-cyclodextrin and perfluorobutanoic acid. The semifluorinated
-cyclodextrinderivatives exhibited amphiphilic behavior and an apparent solubility in densified CO
2. They can form solublecomplexes with surfactants such as bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate sodium salt (AOT) and
N-lauroylsarcosinesodium salt in liquid CO
2. The complex with AOT was confirmed visually and by differential scaningcalorimetry (DSC), which did not show the characteristic melting endotherm of AOT. The formation ofcomplexes of the single-
tail surfactant
N-lauroylsarcosine sodium salt and
-cyclodextrins was also investigated.