Abstract
AbstractL‐lactide was bulk‐polymerized in the presence of various commercially available iron compounds. The polymerization temperature was in the range of 140 and 230 °C, the monomer to initiator/catalyst ratio varied between 100 and 10 000, and the polymerization time between 30 minutes and 24 hours.Iron oxides, iron chlorides and sulfuric iron compounds were low efficient and are not suitable for melt polymerization of lactide. The oxidation state was noticed not to affect the efficiency. Ferrocene required long polymerization times and a high concentration of the compound before a high molar mass polymer was received. Organic iron salts were also found to be efficient initiators/catalysts, except for the hydrated iron(III)citrate. Especially iron(II)acetate caused a rapid polymerization with a high conversion and molar mass.
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