Investigating the Process of Producing Polylactic Acid as the Base Polymer of Biodegradable Plastics

The polymerization of lactic acid (LA) has been investigated by two methods: conventional heating and under microwave irradiation. The reactions of polymerization have been carried out in two stages: at the beginning water is removed and oligomer is obtained; then, the catalysts/co-catalysts are added and reactions are carried out. Tin octoate, toluene sulfonic acid, 2-aminopropanoic acid (alanine) have been investigated as polymerization catalysts and the derivatives of 2,4,6,8- tetramethilol -2,4,6,8- tetraazabicyclo[3.3.0]octane -3,7-dion (Tetraol), comprising atoms of Mg, Zn, Al have been synthesized for the first time. The structure of the synthesized catalyst has been investigated using the method of IR, {1}H NMR. It has been shown that the process of obtaining polylactic acid (PLA) by microwave irradiation proceeds hundreds of times faster. PLA samples synthesized by this method have the same optical characteristics as the PLA obtained by conventional heating

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Polymerization of Lactic Acid Using Microwave and Conventional Heating

Бакибаев

Газалиев

Kabieva

et al. 2015

Procedia Chemistry

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Investigating the Process of Producing Polylactic Acid as the Base Polymer of Biodegradable Plastics

Abstract: The laws governing the synthesis of polylactic acid were studied, and the dependence of its molecular weight on the production method and the nature of the catalyst used was established.

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Polymerization of Lactic Acid Using Microwave and Conventional Heating

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