The present invention relates to a process for preparing a
polyester of
glycerol and a
dicarboxylic acid, the process comprising: (a) contacting monomers comprising at least
glycerol and
dicarboxylic acid in the presence of water in an
inert atmosphere at a temperature of less than 100 DEG C wherein the
molar ratio of
glycerol /
dicarboxylic acid ranges from 0.5 / 1 to 10 / 1; (b) carrying out esterification in an
inert atmosphere at a temperature higher than 110 DEG C; (c) at a temperature higher than 110 DEG C, vacuumizing the reaction medium to a pressure lower than 100 mbar; (d) maintaining a vacuum and a temperature above 110 DEG C to carry out polycondensation, said process comprising: at the end of the esterification of step (b), before or after the evacuation of step (c), introducing a polycondensation catalyst in an amount of less than or equal to 5000 ppm with respect to the total weight of monomers, said catalyst being a
tin-based
food grade catalyst, the organic
tin compounds are selected from organic
tin compounds containing carboxyl functional groups (-C (O) OH), organic tin compounds containing functional groups (-Sn (O) OH) and mono-butyltin
tris (2-ethylhexanoate). The present invention relates to a process for synthesizing glycerol polyesters having a
residual monomer content of less than 5% by weight, based on the weight of the
polymer, a high number average
molar mass Mn of greater than 2500 g / mol, a
dispersity of less than or equal to 10 and a 1, 2, 3-triacylglyceride unit content of less than 15 mol% with respect to all units of the
polymer, in particular to the synthesis of glycerol polyesters having a
residual monomer content of less than 5% by weight, based on the weight of the
polymer, a high number average
molar mass Mn of greater than 2500 g / mol.