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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitomi Ohara, Kyoto, JP;
Toshio Okamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549274 ;
Abstract
A method for recovering lactide from a high-molecular weight polylactic acid, comprising the steps of: (a) heat-treating a high-molecular weight polylactic acid to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the polylactic acid to be treated in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more metals selected from elements of Group IA, Group IVA, Group IVB, and Group VA of the Periodic Table, or compounds thereof; and (b) reducing a pressure to equal to or less than a vapor pressure of lactide at said temperature, to thereby distill and recover the produced lactide.