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| Preferred IUPAC name
3,6-Dimethyl-1,4-dioxan-2,5-dione | |
| Other names
Dilactid
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.002.245 |
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| Properties | |
| C6H8O4 | |
| Molar mass | 144.126 g·mol−1 |
| Melting point | 95 to 97 °C (203 to 207 °F; 368 to 370 K) [(S,S)-Lactide and (R,R)-Lactide][2] |
| Hydrolyses to lactic acid[2] | |
| Solubility | soluble in chloroform, methanol slightly soluble in benzene |
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| H319 | |
| P264, P280, P305+P351+P338, P337+P313 | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Lactide is the lactone cyclic ester derived by multiple esterification between two (usually) or more molecules from lactic acid (2-hydroxypropionic acid) or other hydroxy carboxylic acid. They are designated as dilactides, trilactides, etc., according to the number of hydroxy acid residues. All lactides are colorless or white solids. The dilactide derived from lactic acid has the formula [CH(CH3)CO2]2. This lactide has attracted interest because it is derived from abundant renewable resources and is the precursor to a biodegradable plastic.[3]
Stereoisomers
The dilactide derived from lactic acid can exist in three different stereoisomeric forms. This complexity arises because lactic acid is chiral. These enantiomers do not racemize readily.
All three stereoisomers undergo epimerisation in the presence of organic and inorganic bases in solution.[4]
Polymerization
Lactide can be polymerized to polylactic acid (polylactide). Depending on the catalyst, syndiotactic or a heterotactic polymers can result. The resulting materials, polylactic acid, have many attractive properties.[5][6]
References
- ^ Sigma Aldrich product page for lactide Retrieved 8th of July 2015
- ^ a b c Römpp Online Chemielexikon Version 3.3 aufgerufen am 25. März 2009
- ^ Andreas Künkel; Johannes Becker; Lars Börger; Jens Hamprecht; Sebastian Koltzenburg; Robert Loos; Michael Bernhard Schick; Katharina Schlegel; Carsten Sinkel; Gabriel Skupin; Motonori Yamamoto (2016). "Polymers, Biodegradable". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. pp. 1–29. doi:10.1002/14356007.n21_n01.pub2. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
- ^ Shuklov, Ivan A.; Jiao, Haijun; Schulze, Joachim; Tietz, Wolfgang; Kühlein, Klaus; Börner, Armin (2011-03-02). "Studies on the epimerization of diastereomeric lactides". Tetrahedron Letters. 52 (9): 1027–1030. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.12.094. ISSN 0040-4039.
- ^ R. Auras; L.-T. Lim; S. E. M. Selke; H. Tsuji (2010). Poly(lactic acid): Synthesis, Structures, Properties, Processing, and Applications. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-29366-9.
- ^ Odile Dechy-Cabaret; Blanca Martin-Vaca; Didier Bourissou (2004). "Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide and Glycolide". Chem. Rev. 104 (12): 6147–76. doi:10.1021/cr040002s. PMID 15584698.
