Thermal behaviour of a modified encapsulation agent Heptakis-6-iodo-6-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin

Thermal behaviour of heptakis-6-iodo-6-deoxy-beta-cyclodextrin (HIDBCD) under inert and oxidative conditions was investigated by TG/DTG/DTA, FTIR, and using the hyphenate technique TG-FTIR. Due to the fact that thermal behaviour of HIDBCD was not studied before, we set our goal in the investigation of thermal degradation process in a dynamic air atmosphere vs. nitrogen atmosphere at a heating rate of 10 A degrees C min(-1), up to 500 A degrees C, respectively, 600 A degrees C. It was found that the degradation process in air occurs in a single step, with a total mass loss of 99.9 %. The results of TG/DTG/DTA-FTIR indicated that the thermal behaviour of this cyclodextrin can be divided into three stages and more information was provided about the reaction sequences and the relevant products of reaction.