Journal
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 52, Issue 9, Pages 1027-1030Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.12.094
Keywords
Lactide; Isomerization; Stereoisomers; Poly-lactic acid; Stereospecific polymers
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- Uhde GmbH Leipzig
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The epimerization of chiral lactides was studied in the presence of various homogeneous and heterogeneous bases. Some solvent/base systems were found to promote epimerization at room temperature efficiently. Side reactions such as polymerization were not observed or occurred only slowly. This new protocol offers the opportunity of the transformation of meso-lactide into rac-lactide. Therefore it can reduce the overall manufacturing costs of polylactides, a problem which currently hampers the broad application of those environmentally friendly polymers in a large scale. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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