Abstract
The dissociation of a crystalline complex of cyclomaltohexaose (α-cyclodextrin) and 1-methylcyclopropene has been studied in response to stepwise rising relative humidity at 50 °C using a dynamic vapor sorption instrument. The dissociation of the inclusion complex was monitored with a proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer. The increase in relative humidity generally triggered the complex dissociation. However, the dissociation was greatly retarded at 80% relative humidity, presumably owing to collapse of the crystalline structure. Abrupt dissociation was observed at 90% relative humidity which corresponded to complex dissolution. The changes in powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the inclusion complex during the storage period were also investigated.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2085-2089 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Carbohydrate Research |
| Volume | 345 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 23 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:One of the authors, T.L.N., acknowledges the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for the grant for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (No. P09113). This study is financially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan ( 21·09113 ).
Keywords
- 1-Methylcyclopropene
- Cyclomaltohexaose
- Dissociation
- Relative humidity
- α-Cyclodextrin