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GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 1768-1773Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3gc42604a
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-0848236, CHE-1305794]
- University of Florida
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1305794] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Polyesteracetal (PEA) copolymers of 1,3-dioxolan-4-one (DOX) with L-lactide (LA) were synthesized via ring-opening polymerization (ROP). Facile degradability in distilled water or seawater was observed-presumably via hydrolysis of the main-chain acetal functionality. Over 45 days, mass loss approached 2% and molecular weight loss (M-n) exceeded 15%; control experiments with polylactic acid (PLA) indicated no degradation.
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