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EFFICIENTand inexpensive methods of converting lactic acid (27, 28, 29) into its diester, methyl «-acetoxypropionate (I), are highly desirable since on pyrolysis methyl «-acetoxypropionate yields methyl acrylate and acetic acid (5, 12, 21, 22, 29). The preparation of methyl acrylate, an important synthetic rubber (1, 6, 9,10, 28,24,80,85) and resin (18) intermediate, by pyrolysis of the acetyl derivative (I) of methyl

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