The invention relates to a preparation method of alpha-
cyclodextrin. The prior art has the problems of
high energy consumption, high
equipment requirement, high dangerousness, complex operation and high production cost. The preparation method comprises the steps of: preparing
starch into a
starch emulsion, adding
cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, and stirring for liquidizing; supplementing the
cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, adding decyl
alcohol, and stirring for reaction; filtering the mixture after the reaction is finished, collecting the insoluble substance, flushing, filtering, preparing into a solution, adding absolute ethyl
alcohol, stirring and then standing; standing for layering, filtering the separated liquid, recovering
ethanol from the
solvent layer through an
ethanol recovery device and then obtaining the left liquid, namely the decyl
alcohol, and carrying out decolorization, concentration and spray-
drying on the material
liquid layer to obtain white powdery finished product alpha-cyclodextrin. According to the invention, the
recovery rate of the refined alpha-cyclodextrin is higher than 95%, and the purity of the same is more than 99%; simultaneously, the preparation method of alpha-cyclodextrin is simple in preparation, high in production safety, low in cost and suitable for realizing large-scale production.