Styrene was purified by overnight treatment with calcium hydride followed by percolation trough activated basic alumina. Toluene was refluxed and distilled in the presence of sodium/benzophenone and ...
Professor Hideto Tsuji and Assistant Professor Yuki Arakawa at the Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a method for synthesizing a "pure" alternating copolymer of L- and D-lactic acids ...