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To stop the lactone being hydrolysed (and then polymerising) the reaction is carried out in ethanol.

Principles of Organic Synthesis. R.O.C.Norman, Chapman and Hall, 1978.
  +  
CH3COOOH
  +  
CH3CH2OH
         
  +  
CH3COOH
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Baeyer-Villiger Reaction

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