Purification of oligonucleotides




Modern oligonucleotide synthesis via phosphoramidites is a complex multistep procedure. One elongation cycle consists of the following steps:
  • Deprotection of the 5'-hydroxy group
  • Coupling of the appropriate building block
  • Capping of unreacted 5'-hydroxy groups
  • Oxidation of the phosphittriester group to phosphatetriester
Even if all steps work optimal, a significant amount of incomplete sequences, called trityl-off failure sequences, will accumulate. The amount of these failure sequences depends on the chain length. The figure shows the amount of full length product depending on oligonucleotide length and three different coupling efficiencies (98.0 %, 98.5 %, 99.0 %).

As the oligonucleotide length increases, the amount of full length product decreases. Furthermore, in cases where chain length is greater than 50 bases the growing chains interact with one another, causing the flow of chemicals through the column to slow down. Trityl-on failure sequences will be present caused by inefficient detritylation, capping, oxidation or by depurination resulting in post synthesis strand scissure during ammonia deprotection. In addition to trityl-off and trityl-on failure sequences, the base protecting groups in the form of their corresponding amides will be present within the crude reaction mixture. To fulfill the demand of purity for different applications IBA NAPS offers a broad spectrum of standard and special purification methods.



top Molecular biology grade purification

Salts, base protecting groups and short failure sequences up to 6 bases are removed efficiently. The amount of full length product depends on chain length and coupling yield. A typical 20mer with an average coupling yield of 98.5 % is composed to 70 % of full length product. This purification is recommended for oligonucleotides with a chain length up to 30 bases for standard molecular biology applications such as PCR, sequencing, etc.

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product
scale
amounts
[oD]*
price/oligonucleotide
Molecular biology grade purification
0.01 µmol
0.5 -1.0
no charge
0.05 µmol
2.0 -4.0
no charge
0.20 µmol
10.0 -20.0
no charge
1.00 µmol
50.0 -100.0
no charge
15.00 µmol
600.0 -1200.0
no charge

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* delivery amounts for a 20mer with an average base compostion of 5xA, 5xG, 5xC and 5xT


top HPLC grade purification

Apart from salts and base protecting groups, the trityl-on HPLC step efficiently removes trityl-off failure sequences. The purity of the product depends on the nature and length of the sequence. IBA NAPS recommends this purification for all applications where full-length or high reproducibility are essential, including: cloning, PCR, mutagenesis, probes, modified oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides longer than 40 bases. This method is not able to remove trityl-on failure sequences.

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product
scale
amount
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
HPLC grade purification
0.01 µmol
1-2 nmol
5-1020-001
9.00 EUR
0.05 µmol
5-10 nmol
5-1020-002
9.00 EUR
0.20 µmol
25 -50 nmol
5-1020-003
10.00 EUR
1.00 µmol
100-200 nmol
5-1020-004
15.00 EUR
15.00 µmol
1500-3000 nmol
5-1020-005
184.00 EUR

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top Double HPLC grade purification

This protocol consists of a trityl-on HPLC purification and a subsequently performed trityl-off HPLC purification. The second step removes efficiently oligonucleotides with base modifications and partly trityl-on failure sequences.

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product
scale
amount
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
Double HPLC grade purification
0.01 µmol
0.5-1 nmol
5-1030-001
18.00 EUR
0.05 µmol
2.5-5 nmol
5-1030-002
20.50 EUR
0.20 µmol
10.0-25 nmol
5-1030-003
25.00 EUR
1.00 µmol
50.0-100 nmol
5-1030-004
30.00 EUR
15.00 µmol
750.0-1500 nmol
5-1030-005
295.00 EUR

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top RNA HPLC grade purification and RNA purification

For certain applications RNA HPLC grade purification may be sufficient (but generally PAGE purification is recommended).

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scale
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
RNA HPLC grade purification
1 µmol
5-1021-004 50.00 EUR
RNA double HPLC 0.2 µmol 5-1024-003 60.00 EUR
1 µmol
5-1024-004 70.00 EUR
RNA cell culture grade purification 0.2 µmol 5-1023-003 50.00 EUR
1 µmol
5-1023-004 70.00 EUR
RNA desalting
1 µmol
5-1041-004 20.00 EUR

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top DS (desalting) grade purification

This method was developed especially for ultra-short oligonucleotides with a chain length between 1 and 7 bases. It consists of an in-house developed 2 x HPLC purification and a desalting step.

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scale
amount
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
DS grade purification
0.05 µmol
1 -3 nmol
5-1040-002
30.00 EUR
0.20 µmol
5 -15 nmol
5-1040-003
38.00 EUR
1.00 µmol
25-50 nmol
5-1040-004
45.00 EUR
15.00 µmol
500 -1000 nmol
5-1040-005
550.00 EUR

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top Cell culture grade purification

This unique in-house development is a multi-step purification method for all oligonucleotides used in cell culture. It consists of two HPLC purification steps and one sterile filtration step.

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scale
amount
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
Cell culture grade purification
0.05 µmol
1-3 nmol
5-1050-002
30.00 EUR
0.20 µmol
5 -15 nmol
5-1050-003
38.00 EUR
1.00 µmol
25 -50 nmol
5-1050-004
45.00 EUR
15.0 µmol
500 -1000 nmol
5-1050-005
550.00 EUR

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top PAGE grade/FCS grade purification

PAGE is the most powerful method completely removing all types of failure sequences and intercalating dyes like TAMRA. Due to the lower recovery rate IBA NAPS can not guarantee delivery amounts.

Recommended for following products:

  • RNA
  • Oligonucleotides for biophysical application
  • FCS-Spectroscopy

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cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
PAGE purification 0.05 µmol 5-1060-002 100.00 EUR
0.2 µmol 5-1060-002 125.00 EUR
1.0 µmol 5-1060-002 150.00 EUR

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top Reverse phase C18 HPLC purification

For oligonucleotides requiring more than standard reverse phase purification, such as double dye labeled oligonucleotides.

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scale
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
Reverse phase C18 HPLC purification 0,05 µmol 5-1022-002 25.00 EUR
0,2 µmol 5-1022-003 30.00 EUR
1 µmol
5-1022-004
40.00 EUR

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top Documentation

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product
cat. no.
price/oligonucleotide
PAGE documentation 5-1070-000 10.00 EUR
HPLC documentation 5-1070-010 10.00 EUR

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