[C:1]1(=[O:6])[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][O:2]1.CC(N)COCC(OCC(OCC(N)C)C)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 aminated poly(propylene glycol) (Jeffamine D-400, Mw=430, a product of the Jefferson Chemical Division of Texaco) is heated with stirring under a nitrogen atmosphere for 19 hours at 135° C. using 0.5 percent sodium stannate trihydrate as catalyst to give 96 percent ethylene carbonate conversion to a poly(alkylene carbonate) polyol with 11.1 percent carbon dioxide. The catalyst is removed in Example 1.
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