Poly and Copolyn(N-Vinylamide)s and their use in Capillary Electrophoresis

Abstract

The invention relates generally to polymers and copolymers comprising N-vinylamide-type monomers, their preparation, and compositions, such as electrophoresis separation media, containing the same; to supports, such as capillaries, containing these polymers; and methods for separating a mixture of biomolecules, especially polynucleotides, using capillary electrophoresis. Separation media comprising such polymers yield advantageous performance in the analysis and separation of biomolecules by capillary electrophoresis.

1 . A composition comprising a buffer and a polymer having the form poly(M 1   x M 2   y ), or a salt thereof, comprising one or more monomers of type M 1 , wherein:
 (a) y is zero;   (b) each monomer in the polymer is of type M 1 ;   (c) x is an integer ranging from 1 to 5 and represents the number of monomer subtypes of type M 1  that are present in the polymer; and   (d) each monomer subtype of type M 1  in the polymer is from:
 N-vinylhexamide, N-vinylheptamide, N-vinyloctamide, N-vinylnonamide, N-vinyldecamide, N-methyl-N-vinylformamide, N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-methyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-methyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-methyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-methyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-methyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-methyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-methyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-methyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylformamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-ethyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-ethyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylformamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylformamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylnonamide and N-iso-propyl-N-vinyldecamide. 
   
     
     
         2 . The composition of  claim 1 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer comprising a monomer unit that is acrylamide, N-acetyl-acrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-acrylamide, N,N-1,2-dihydroxyethylene-bis-acrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-acrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-acrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-acetyl-methacrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-methacrylamide, N,N-1,2-dihydroxyethylene-bis-methacrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-methacrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-methacrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-methacrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester methacrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-methacrylamide, N-methyl-methacrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-methacrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-methacrylamide, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The composition of  claim 2 , wherein the sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer monomer unit is acrylamide. 
     
     
         4 . The composition of  claim 1 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer which comprises or is poly(hydroxymethylene), poly(oxyethylene), poly(oxypropylene), poly(oxyethylene-co-oxypropylene), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinylpyrrolidone), poly(-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly((2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-co-(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)), poly(N-acetamidoacrylamide), poly(acryloxylurea), hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 150,000 Daltons to about 20 MDaltons. 
     
     
         6 . The composition of  claim 5 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from about 1 MDalton to about 5 MDaltons. 
     
     
         7 . The composition of  claim 6 , wherein the sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer is substantially linear polyacrylamide. 
     
     
         8 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition is an aqueous composition. 
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 5 to about 11. 
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 7 to about 10. 
     
     
         11 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein y is 0 and each M 1  is independently N-vinylformamide or N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide. 
     
     
         12 . The composition of  claim 9 , further comprising formamide, urea, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The composition of  claim 12 , further comprising urea. 
     
     
         14 . The composition of  claim 12 , further comprising formamide. 
     
     
         15 . The composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition is a dry composition. 
     
     
         16 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 5 to about 11. 
     
     
         17 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 7 to about 10. 
     
     
         18 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein y is 0 and each monomer subtype of type M 1  is independently N-vinylformamide or N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide. 
     
     
         19 . The composition of  claim 16 , further comprising formamide, urea, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The composition of  claim 19 , further comprising urea. 
     
     
         21 . The composition of  claim 19 , further comprising formamide. 
     
     
         22 . A composition comprising a buffer and a polymer having the form poly(M 1   x M 2   Y ), or a salt thereof, comprising one or more monomers of type M 1  and optionally one or more monomers of type M 2 , wherein:
 (a) each monomer in the polymer is of type M 1  or M 2 ;   (b) x is an integer ranging from 1 to 5 and represents the number of monomer subtypes of type M 1  that are present in the polymer;   (c) y is an integer ranging from 0 to 5 and represents the number of monomer subtypes of type M 2  that are present in the polymer;   (d) each monomer subtype of type M 1  in the polymer is independently:
 N-vinylformamide, N-vinylacetamide, N-vinylpropamide, N-vinylbutamide, N-vinylpentamide, N-vinylhexamide, N-vinylheptamide, N-vinyloctamide, N-vinylnonamide, N-vinyldecamide, N-methyl-N-vinylformamide, N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-methyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-methyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-methyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-methyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-methyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-methyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-methyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-methyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylformamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-ethyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-ethyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-ethyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylformamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinylnonamide, N-n-propyl-N-vinyldecamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylformamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylacetamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylpropamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylbutamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylpentamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylhexamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylheptamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinyloctamide, N-iso-propyl-N-vinylnonamide or N-iso-propyl-N-vinyldecamide; and 
   (e) when y is not zero, each monomer subtype of type M 2  in the polymer is independently:
 N-hydroxy-acrylamide, N-methoxy-acrylamide, acryloyl urea, 1-vinyl-pyrrolidine-2,5-dione, 3-vinyl-oxazolidin-2-one, 1-vinyl-imidazolidin-2-one, 4-vinyl-morpholin-3,5-dione, 4-vinyl-morpholin-3-one, 4-vinyl-morpholine, 2-vinyl-1,3-dioxolane, 2-vinylene carbonate, methoxyethylene, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, acrylamide, N-acetamido-acrylamide, N-acetyl-acrylamide, N-allyl-acrylamide, N-2-aminoethyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, N-2-aminoethyl-N-methyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, N-3-aminopropyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, N-3-aminopropyl-N-methyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, N-butoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-n-butyl-acrylamide, N-tert-butyl-acrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-acrylamide, N-cyanomethyl-acrylamide, N-cyanomethyl-N-methyl-acrylamide, N,N-diallyl-acrylamide, N,N-diethyl-acrylamide, N,N-diisopropyl-acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide, N-ethyl-N-methyl-acrylamide, N-ethyl-N-propyl-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester-acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-methyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-acrylamide, N-iso-propyl-acrylamide, N-2-methoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)methyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)methyl-N-methyl-acrylamide, N-3-(trimethylammonium)propyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, N-3-(trimethylammonium)propyl-N-methyl-acrylamide hydrochloride, methacrylamide, N-acetamido-methacrylamide, N-acetyl-methacrylamide, N-allyl-methacrylamide, N-2-aminoethyl-methacrylamide hydrochloride, N-3-aminopropyl-methacrylamide hydrochloride, N-butoxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-n-butyl-methacrylamide, N-tert-butyl-methacrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-methacrylamide, N-cyanomethyl-methacrylamide, N-cyanomethyl-N-methyl-methacrylamide, N,N-diethyl-methacrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-methacrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid-methacrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-methacrylamide, N-iso-propyl-methacrylamide, N-2-methoxethyl-methacrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-methyl-methacrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)methyl-methacrylamide, N-3-(trimethylammonium)propyl-methacrylamide hydrochloride, or a mixture thereof. 
   
     
     
         23 . The composition of  claim 22 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer comprising a monomer unit that is acrylamide, N-acetyl-acrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-acrylamide, N,N-1,2-dihydroxyethylene-bis-acrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-acrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-acrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-acetyl-methacrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-methacrylamide, N,N-1,2-dihydroxyethylene-bis-methacrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-methacrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-methacrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-methacrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester methacrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-methacrylamide, N-methyl-methacrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-methacrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-methacrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-methacrylamide, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         24 . The composition of  claim 23 , wherein the sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer monomer unit is acrylamide. 
     
     
         25 . The composition of  claim 22 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer which comprises or is poly(hydroxymethylene), poly(oxyethylene), poly(oxypropylene), poly(oxyethylene-co-oxypropylene), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinylpyrrolidone), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly((2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-co-(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)), poly(N-acetamidoacrylamide), poly(acryloxylurea), hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         26 . The composition of  claim 22 , wherein the polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 150,000 Daltons to about 20 MDaltons. 
     
     
         27 . The composition of  claim 26 , which further comprises an effective amount of a sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of from about 1 MDalton to about 5 MDaltons. 
     
     
         28 . The composition of  claim 27 , wherein the sieve and/or EOF suppressing polymer is substantially linear polyacrylamide. 
     
     
         29 . The composition of  claim 22 , wherein the composition is an aqueous composition. 
     
     
         30 . The composition of  claim 29 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 5 to about 11. 
     
     
         31 . The composition of  claim 29 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 7 to about 10. 
     
     
         32 . The composition of  claim 29 , wherein y is 0 and each M 1  is independently N-vinylformamide or N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide. 
     
     
         33 . The composition of  claim 30 , further comprising formamide, urea, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         34 . The composition of  claim 33 , further comprising urea. 
     
     
         35 . The composition of  claim 33 , further comprising formamide. 
     
     
         36 . The composition of  claim 22 , wherein the composition is a dry composition. 
     
     
         37 . The composition of  claim 36 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 5 to about 11. 
     
     
         38 . The composition of  claim 36 , wherein the composition has a pH of from about 7 to about 10. 
     
     
         39 . The composition of  claim 36 , wherein y is 0 and each monomer subtype of type M 1  is independently N-vinylformamide or N-methyl-N-vinylacetamide. 
     
     
         40 . The composition of  claim 37 , further comprising formamide, urea, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone, or a mixture thereof. 
     
     
         41 . The composition of  claim 40 , further comprising urea. 
     
     
         42 . The composition of  claim 40 , further comprising formamide. 
     
     
         43 . A capillary containing the composition of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         44 . The capillary of  claim 43 , wherein the capillary is a capillary tube. 
     
     
         45 . A capillary containing the composition of  claim 22 . 
     
     
         46 . The capillary of  claim 45 , wherein the capillary is a capillary tube. 
     
     
         47 . A method for separating a mixture of biomolecules, comprising:
 (a) contacting the composition of  claim 1  with a mixture comprising a biomolecule; and   (b) applying an electric field to the composition in an amount sufficient to facilitate the separation of a biomolecule from the mixture.   
     
     
         48 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the separation is performed within a capillary tube and two or more biomolecules are polynucleotides. 
     
     
         49 . The method of  claim 48 , wherein the method for separating has a crossover of at least about 400 base pairs. 
     
     
         50 . A method for separating a mixture of biomolecules, comprising:
 (a) contacting the composition of  claim 22  with a mixture comprising a biomolecule; and   (b) applying an electric field to the composition in an amount sufficient to facilitate the separation of a biomolecule from the mixture.   
     
     
         51 . The method of  claim 50 , wherein the separation is performed within a capillary tube and two or more biomolecules are polynucleotides. 
     
     
         52 . The method of  claim 51 , wherein the method for separating has a crossover of at least about 400 base pairs.