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3,6-二甲基-1,4-二恶烷-2,5-二酮（或 rac-丙交酯），是D和L-丙交酯50:50的外消旋混合物。rac-丙交酯是一种衍生自乳酸的内酯，因其源自丰富的可再生资源而引起了学术界和商业应用的极大兴趣。通过使用各种金属或有机催化剂，rac-丙交酯可以通过开环聚合进行聚合，从而得到聚（D，L-丙交酯）。虽然所得聚合物通常是无定形的，但立体定向催化剂的使用可生成异顺性PLA，其表现出一定程度的结晶度。

3,6-Dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione (or rac-lactide), is the 50:50 racemic mixture of D- and L-Lactide. Rac-lactide is a lactone derived from lactic acid that has attracted great interest in academia and commercial applications, as it is derived from abundant renewable resources. Rac-lactide can be ready polymerized via ring-opening polymerization, using a variety of metal or organocatalysts, yielding poly(D,L-lactide). While the resulting polymer is generally amorphous, the use of stereospecific catalysts can lead to heterotactic PLA, which exhibits some degree of crystallinity.

Application

DL-Lactide is used to produce 2-hydroxy-propionic acid 1-(1-phenyl-ethoxycarbonyl)-ethyl ester. It acts as an important raw material and an intermediate used in organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyes. It is involved in enzymatic alcoholysis to produce both alkyl (R)-lactates and alkyl (S,S)-lactyllactates.