Vol.3, No 2, 2005 pp. 151 - 155
UDC 577.11/543.393

CHARACTERIZATION OF PESTICIDE-?-CYCLODEXTRIN
INCLUSION COMPLEXES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

G. Petrović, B. Stojčeva Radovanović, O. Jovanović
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences P.O. Box 224, 18001 Niš,
Serbia and Montenegro

Abstract. The solubility of four different pesticides: "dimethoate", "simazine", "linuron" and "thiram", very pour soluble or non soluble in water, were measured in water and in aqueous solution of ?-cyclodextrin by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. Standard water solutions of pesticides were prepared in the range of concentrations up to the maximum solubility of each pesticide in water. Concentrations of the pesticides were determined as absorbance on the absorption maximum. Obtained results show that the aqueous solution of ?-cyclodextrin was a powerful solubilizer of investigated pesticides due to the formation of inclusion complexes. Effective solubility of some of the pesticides in aqueous ?-cyclodextrin solution were up to three orders of magnitude higher than those in water. Thermodynamic parameters and complex stability constant of the obtained inclusion complexes were determined by the calorimetric measurements.
Key words:  ?-cyclodextrin, complexes, pesticides, solubility.

KARAKTERIZACIJA INKLUZIONIH KOMPLEKSA PESTICIDA 
U VODENOM RASTVORU ?-CIKLODEKSTRINA
Promena rastvorljivosti u vodenom rastvoru ?-ciklodekstrina četiri različita pesticida: dimetoata, linurona, simazina i cirama; veoma slabo rastvornih ili nerastvornih u vodi, određivana je primenom UV spektrofotometrije. Standardni rastvori pesticida pripremljeni su u opsegu koncentracija do maksimalne rastvorljivosti svakog pesticida u vodi. Koncentracija pesticida određivana je merenjem apsorbancije na položaju apsorpcionog maksimuma. Dobijeni rezultati ukazuju da se rastvorljivost ispitivanih pesticida u vodenom rastvoru ?-ciklodekstrina u mnogome povećava građenjem inkluzionih kompleksa. Efektivna rastvorljivost nekih pesticida je porasla za tri reda veličine. Termodinamički parametri i konstante stabilnost nastalih inkluzionih kompleksa određivani su kalorimetrijskim merenjima.