[C:1]1(=[O:6])[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][O:2]1.CC(O)COC(CO)C>O.O.O.[O-][Sn]([O-])=O.[Na+].[Na+]>[C:1]1(=[O:6])[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][O:2]1.[C:1](=[O:5])=[O:2]A 10:1 mole ratio of ethylene carbonate to dipropylene glycol is heated with stirring under a nitrogen atmosphere for 4 hours at 175° C. using 0.5 percent sodium stannate trihydrate as catalyst to give 100 percent ethylene carbonate conversion to a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyol with 14.7 percent carbon dioxide The catalyst is removed as in Example 1.
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