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Poly(ethylene glycol)

BioUltra, 8,000

Synonym(s):

Polyethylene glycol, PEG

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Linear Formula:
H(OCH2CH2)nOH
CAS Number:
25322-68-3
MDL number:
MFCD00081839
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
PubChem Substance ID:
24889230
NACRES:
NA.26

product line

BioUltra

form

solid

mol wt

Mr 7000-9000

impurities

insoluble matter:, passes filter test
≤0.001% peroxides (as H2O2):

pH

5.5-7.0 (25 °C, 50 mg/mL in H2O)

mp

61-64 °C

solubility

H2O: 50 mg/mL at 25 °C, clear, colorless

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤50 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤50 mg/kg

cation traces

Al: ≤5 mg/kg
As: ≤0.1 mg/kg
Ba: ≤5 mg/kg
Bi: ≤5 mg/kg
Ca: ≤10 mg/kg
Cd: ≤5 mg/kg
Co: ≤5 mg/kg
Cr: ≤5 mg/kg
Cu: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
K: ≤200 mg/kg
Li: ≤5 mg/kg
Mg: ≤5 mg/kg
Mn: ≤5 mg/kg
Mo: ≤5 mg/kg
Na: ≤200 mg/kg
Ni: ≤5 mg/kg
Pb: ≤5 mg/kg
Sr: ≤5 mg/kg
Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

λ

50 mg/mL in H2O

UV absorption

λ: 260 nm Amax: 0.09
λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.03

SMILES string

C(CO)O

InChI

1S/C2H6O2/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2

InChI key

LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is a polymer of ethylene glycol units and is hydrophilic in nature. PEG has high hydration capacity and is structurally flexible. PEG has advantage as a drug conjugate due to biocompatibility and nonexistence of steric hindrances in its structure.

Application

Poly(ethylene glycol) has been used:
  • in the transformation buffer in yeast
  • as a constituent of dengue virus isolation buffer
  • for concentration of lentivirus particles
  • in the crystallization of herpesvirus nuclear egress complex (NEC)

Biochem/physiol Actions

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved PEG as drug conjugates, is nonimmunogenic and safe. PEG is widely used as a reagent in biochemistry and molecular biology experiments. PEG conjugation improves solubility and dissolution of diabetes drug, Gliclazide. It is used in carbon nanotube functionalization. The presence of PEG 8000 in the tannin tree foliage improves metabolisable energy (ME) content and gas production.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Expression, purification and crystallization of the herpesvirus nuclear egress complex (NEC)
Bigalke JM and Heldwein EE
Bio-protocol, 6(14), 44708-44708 (2016)
Ananthakrishnan Soundaram Jeevarathinam et al.
Biosensors & bioelectronics, 126, 831-837 (2019-01-04)
Heparin is an indispensable drug in anticoagulation therapy but with a narrow therapeutic window, which dictates regular testing and dose adjustment. However, current monitoring tools have a long turnaround time or are operator intensive. In this work, we describe a
Rapid generation of long tandem DNA repeat arrays by homologous recombination in yeast to study their function in mammalian genomes
Noskov VN, et al.
Biological Procedures Online, 13(1), 8-8 (2011)
Immunogenicity of polyethylene glycol (PEG)
The open conference proceedings journal, 2(1) (2011)
Vijay Ramani et al.
Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 170, 61-68 (2019-09-20)
The highly dynamic nature of chromosome conformation and three-dimensional (3D) genome organization leads to cell-to-cell variability in chromatin interactions within a cell population, even if the cells of the population appear to be functionally homogeneous. Hence, although Hi-C is a
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