Аннотация:New water-soluble palladium complexes with molecular recognition abilities based on β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) modified by nitrile-containing groups have been designed. Complexes display high catalytic activity and selectivity in two-phase Wacker-oxidation of 1-octene under mild conditions. The correlation between binding constants for inclusion complexes of β-CD- based compounds with substrate and the reaction rates has been established. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.