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Direct linkRobert, Jennifer L.; Aubrecht, Katherine B. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
In this laboratory activity for introductory organic chemistry, students carry out the tin(II) bis(2-ethylhexanoate)/benzyl alcohol mediated ring-opening polymerization of lactide to form the biodegradable polymer polylactide (PLA). As the mechanism of the polymerization is analogous to that of a transesterification reaction, the experiment can be…
Descriptors: Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Introductory Courses
