Evaluate the pyrolysis pathway of glycine and glycylglycine by TG–FTIR

✍ Scribed by Jie Li; Zhiyong Wang; Xi Yang; Ling Hu; Yuwen Liu; Cunxin Wang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 515 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-2370
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2007.03.001

✦ Synopsis

An online-coupled TG-FTIR evolved gas analysis (EGA) instruments has been used to identify and monitor the evolution of gaseous products during thermal decomposition of glycine and its dipeptide in flowing N 2 atmosphere up to 800 8C. The first gaseous products of glycine pyrolysis, evolved around 260 8C are NH 3 , H 2 O and CO 2 . The max releasing rates of both NH 3 and H 2 O are reached at 282 8C and that of CO 2 is reached at 308 8C. At 400 8C HNCO becomes the main product, accompanied by CO, HCN and some other species. HCN is the main gaseous species released around 700 8C. Compared with glycine, glycylglycine has lower thermal stability, which begins to decompose at 214 8C. However, that the evolution profiles of gaseous products from glycine and glycylglycine are similar, which suggests the decomposition of them may occur through similar pathways. Our results indicate that the primary decomposition steps include deamination and dehydration. CO 2 is mainly formed through the secondary reactions. And the crack of cyclic amide, 2,5-diketopiperazine (DKP), is suggested to be the main origin of HNCO and HCN at higher temperature.