polyesterificationn.
/ˌpɒlɪɛstərᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌɛstərəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Chemistry.
A reaction or process which yields a polyester.
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polyesterification1932
1932 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 54 1560 The polyesterification thus consists in a series of intermolecular couplings resulting in the formation of progressively longer chains.
1958 Technology Mar. 12/3 J. R. Whinfield took up the study of similar polyesterification processes, the main idea being to use starting materials which might give some sense of rigidity to the high-polymer substances made by these reactions.
1995 Jrnl. Biotechnol. 40 133 This appears to be the highest average molar mass reported by direct enzymic polyesterification of a diacid and diol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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