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A polyester of 10-hydroxydecanoic acid 1 has been efficiently prepared by the incubation of the monomer in hexane and 3 Å molecular sieves at 55°C with the lipase from Candida cylindracea. The polymer is on average a 52-mer(Mn= 9346 and Mr= 12 065) and has a polydispersity of 1.29.
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