Continuous process for manufacture of a purified lactide

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525415, 526 68, 528357, 549274, C08G 6308, C07D31912

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ABSTRACT:
A process for the continuous conversion of crude lactic acid to a substantially purified lactide or polylactide including the steps of polymerizing the lactic acid to form a prepolymer with subsequent depolymerization to form a crude lactide in the presence of a catalyst. The crude lactide is purified in an improved distillation system in which at least three fractions are formed with the substantially purified lactide removed as an intermediate boiling sidedraw stream. The substantially purified lactide may then be polymerized.

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