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Chapter 26, Problem 26.35SP

The polyester named Lactomer® is an alternating copolymer of lactic acid and glycolic acid. Lactomer is used for absorbable suture material because stitches of Lactomer hydrolyze slowly over a two-week period and do not have to be removed. The hydrolysis products, lactic acid and glycolic acid, are normal metabolites and do not provoke an inflammatory response. Draw the structure of the Lactomer polymer.

Chapter 26, Problem 26.35SP, The polyester named Lactomer is an alternating copolymer of lactic acid and glycolic acid. Lactomer

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