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. 2021 May 5;14(19):4041–4070. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202100400

Scheme 3.

Scheme 3

Two‐step reaction sequence for the production of Me‐LA from PLA via the intermediate formation of chain‐end groups. Consequently, the methine groups can be categorised as internal (int), chain‐end (CE) and those corresponding directly to the alkyl lactate (Me‐LA). [149]