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The thermal decomposition of theophylline, theobromine, caffeine, diprophylline and aminophylline were evaluated by calorimetrical, thermoanalytical and computational methods. Calorimetrical studies have been performed with aid of a heat flux Mettler Toledo DSC system. 10 mg samples were encapsulated in a 40 μL flat-bottomed aluminium pans. Measurements in the temperature range form 20 to 400°C were carried out at a heating rate of 10 and 20°C min−1 under an air stream. It has been established that the values of melting points, heat of transitions and enthalpy for methylxanthines under study varied with the increasing of heating rate.
Thermoanalytical studies have been followed by using of a derivatograph. 50, 100 and 200 mg samples of the studied compounds were heated in a static air atmosphere at a heating rate of 3, 5, 10 and 15°C min−1 up to the final temperature of 800°C. By DTA, TG and DTG methods the influence of heating rate and sample size on thermal destruction of the studied methylxanthines has been determined. For chemometric evaluation of thermoanalytical results the principal component analysis (PCA) was applied. This method revealed that first of all the heating rate influences on the results of thermal decomposition. The most advantageous results can be obtained taking into account sample masses and heating rates located in the central part of the two-dimensional PCA graph. As a result, similar data could be obtained for 100 mg samples heated at 10°C·min−1 and for 200 mg samples heated at 5°C min−1.
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Wesolowski, M., Szynkaruk, P. Thermal decomposition of methylxanthines. J Therm Anal Calorim 93, 739–746 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-008-9138-4
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