Mechanism and Kinetics of Thermal Dissociation of Inclusion Complex of β-Cyclodextrin and 1-Methylcyclopropene

The inclusion-complex of CD-MCP (β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) including 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)) was prepared and characterized. Basing on programmed-heating procedure and weight-temperature analysis, as well as the application of Satava- Sestak's, Ozawa's and Kissinger's methods, the mechanism and kinetics of thermal dissociation of this inclusion complex were studied. An additional mass loss is found at 170-180 ℃.The mechanism of thermal dissociation of CD-MCP is dominated by a one-dimensional random nucleation and subsequent growth process (A2/3). The activation energy ES and the pre-exponential factor As for the process are 102.14 kJ/mol and 3.63×1010 s-1, respectively. This Es value shows that there is no strong chemical interactions betweenβ-CD and 1-MCP.