Lactic Acid → Lactide, L-

HRID 2382167Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2382167 reaction equation
CC[O:3][C:4]([C@@H:6](O)[CH3:7])=O.[C:9]([OH:14])(=[O:13])[C@H:10]([CH3:12])[OH:11].C(O)(=O)C(C)O>>[CH3:12][C@@H:10]1[O:11][C:4](=[O:3])[C@H:6]([CH3:7])[O:14][C:9]1=[O:13]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 612Lactic AcidHCID 92831(L)-ethyl lactate2×HCID 107689L-Lactic Acid

Product 1

HCID 107983Lactide, L-

Procedure

The reaction was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 to produce lactide, except that a mixture containing L-ethyl lactate with L-lactic acid and an oligomer of lactic acid which were 10% by weight with respect to L-ethyl lactate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9134bac710c74518be6cd3fc715cf5cd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_09
Patent number
US08258317B2

Reaction notes

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