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Name the type of polymer formed when propane-1,3-diol and butanedioic acid react together.

Name the type of polymer formed when propane-1,3-diol and butanedioic acid react together-example-1
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Although PPT was initially prepared from terephthalic acid (TPA) and 1,3-propanediol (PDO) in the 1950s, it has been mainly synthesized by transesterification of PDO with dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) similar to poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT).

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