P3143
Poly(ethyleneimine) solution
analytical standard, 50 % (w/v) in H2O
Synonym(s):
Ethyleneimine polymer solution, PEI
About This Item
grade
analytical standard
Quality Level
mol wt
Mn ~60,000
Mw 750,000
concentration
50 % (w/v) in H2O
technique(s)
gel permeation chromatography (GPC): suitable
format
single component solution
InChI
1S/C2H5N/c1-2-3-1/h3H,1-2H2
InChI key
NOWKCMXCCJGMRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Application
Signal Word
Warning
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1
WGK
WGK 2
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
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What is the molar concentration of Product P3143, Poly(ethyleneimine) solution?
This product is nominally a 50% w/v solution of PEI in water, meaning 50 grams of poly(ethyleneimine) per 100 mL of solution. Concentrations of polymer solutions (such as PEI) are commonly reported either as a percentage or mg/mL, not in terms of molarity.
The product description of Product P3143, Poly(ethyleneimine) solution, on sigmaaldrich.com appears to give two molecular weight values, Mn and Mw. What do those abbreviations stand for, and why are the two values so different?
Mn is the number average molecular weight. This corresponds to the "true average" or mean; that is, the sum of the molecular weights divided by the number of molecules. Mw is the weight average molecular weight. This corresponds to the median value; that is, there are as many molecules smaller than the weight average molecular weight as there are larger than the weight average molecular weight. The fact that the two molecular weight values are so different means that there is a large, non-symmetrical distribution of molecular weights; the largest molecules probably have a molecular weight of several million.
What is the purity of Product P3143, Poly(ethyleneimine) solution?
This product is a polymer with a large molecular weight distribution. It is not amenable to being analyzed by typical chromatographic assays such as HPLC or TLC. Therefore, we do not report an overall purity value for this product.
Do you have any references that describe using Product P3143, Poly(ethyleneimine) solution, in enzyme isolation or for transfections?
For enzyme isolation, see:J.J. Jendrisak and R.R. Burgess, Biochem., 14(21), 4639-4645 (1975), "A new method for the large-scale purification of wheat germ DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II".This paper describes preparing a 10% stock solution, which was adjusted to pH 7.9 by adding hydrochloric acid.PEI has also been used for the precipitation of nucleic acids in the purification process of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases:von der Haar, F., "Purification of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases", Methods in Enzymology, 59, 257-267 (1979).For transfections, see the following references:Boussif, O. et al., "A versatile vector for gene and oligonucleotide transfer into cells in culture and in vivo: Polyethylenimine." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92(16), 7297-7301 (1995).Thomas, M. and Klibanov, A.M., "Conjugation to gold nanoparticles enhances polyethylenimine's transfer of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100(16), 9138-9143 (2003).
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