epsilon-CAPROLACTONE → HCID 21932391, compound

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This example illustrates the synthesis of PEG-caprolactone conjugates capped by acrylation. 90 g of the PEG-caprolactone synthesized in Example 9 were added to a 1000 ml three-neck flask. 900 mL of anhydrous toluene were added, and 150 ml of the toluene were distilled off at 110° C. to remove water. The solution was cooled to 60° C. and 8.5 mls of triethylamine were added, followed by 4.8 ml of acryloyl chloride, dropwise from a piper. After 15 minutes, the reaction mixture was precipitated in hexane. The hexane precipitate was recovered on a medium Buchner funnel and dissolved in THF (tetrahydrofuran) at 40° C. on a water bath. The THF solution was then passed through 90 gm of alumina, prewetted with THF, on a Buchner funnel. The collected filtrate was evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator and placed under vacuum overnight. Yield was about 65 gm.

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