2-ethylhexanoic acid tin(II) salt → HCID 131718651, compound

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Trimethylene carbonate (TMC, 34.0 grams), diethylene glycol (DEG, 17.7 mg) and stannous octoate (20.2 mg) were combined and melted under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was charged into a nitrogen purged stirred reactor at 200° C. The contents were stirred at this temperature for 25 minutes, at which point the mixture had obtained maximum melt viscosity. l-Lactide (l-Lac, 168.7 grams) and Glycolide (Gly, 18.7 grams) were melted and charged into the reactor. The contents were stirred at 200° C. for 2 hours at which point the mixture had again obtained maximum melt viscosity. The polymer was discharged from the reactor, ground, and dried in a vacuum oven at 100° C. and 0.2 mm Hg. The polymer had an inherent viscosity of 1.31 dl/g in chloroform, measured at 30° C. on a 0.5% solution. The polymer composition, as measured by 1H-NMR spectroscopy was 15.9/75.1/9.0 weight percent TMC/l-LAC/Gly.

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