Table 6.

PLA cup degradation to methyl lactate using C3 and C6 in THF.^[a]

Complex	T [°C]	t [h]	X int [b] [%]	S Me‐LA [b] [%]	Y Me‐LA [b] [%]
C3	40	6	91	78	71
	60	2	97	83	81
	60[c]	2	97	83	81
C6	40	6	87	78	68
	60	2	96	83	80
	60[c]	2	98	88	88

[a] Conditions: M_n (PLA cup)=54000 g mol⁻¹; 1 mol % catalyst relative to ester linkages, V _THF/V _MeOH=4 : 1, n _MeOH/n _ester=7 : 1. [b] Determined by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. [c] Use of methanol‐OD.