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Poly(lactide) with narrow molecular weight distribution was obtained by the ring-opening polymerization of D-lactide with (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphinato)aluminum alkoxide as initiator. The polymerization was demonstrated to proceed via the ring-opening of lactide at the acyl-oxygen bond to give (porphinato)aluminum alkoxide as the growing species.
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Trofimoff et al. (1987) studied this question.
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