beta-BUTYROLACTONE → 3-Hydroxybutyrate

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Copolymers of beta-hydroxybutyrate and beta-hydroxyvalerate containing 30 mole percent beta-hydroxyvalerate were prepared by repeating the process of Example II with the exception that the dry racemic beta-butyrolactone employed was replaced by a mixture containing 30 mole percent of dry racemic beta-valerolactone with 70 mole percent racemic beta-butyrolactone. The resulting copolymer was a mixture of stereoregular and stereoirregular copolymers containing 30 mole percent beta-hydroxyvalerate as shown by NMR. The number average molecular weight of this copolymer was 20,000 as determined by GPC and the melting point was 120° C.

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