Argon (grade 5.0, Linde Gas), Ti(O
iPr)
4 (99.999%, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), VO(O
iPr)
3 (TCI), NaBH
4 (98%, Sigma-Aldrich), 2-aminobenzyl alcohol (98%, Sigma-Aldrich), and
salicylaldehyde (99%, Acros Organic, Geel, Belgium) were used as received. CDCl
3 (99.5 atom % D, Deutero GmbH, Kastellaun, Germany, 99.8 atom % D, 0.03% TMS), CH
2Cl
2 (Chempur, Piekary Śląskie, Poland, analytical grade), and
ε-caprolactone (99%, Alfa Aesar, Haverhill, MA, USA) were dried over molecular sieves.
Rac-lactide (99%, Acros Organic, Geel, Belgium) and
L-lactide (99%, Aldrich) were purified by vacuum sublimation at 85°C. Hexane (Linegal Chemicals, Blizne Łaszczyńskiego, Poland) and toluene (FP, AnalaR NORMAPUR, VWR, Radnor, PA, USA) were refluxed over sodium and sodium/benzophenone, respectively, and distilled under a nitrogen atmosphere prior to use.
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