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Polyethylene glycol has the following structure:

-(CH2-CH2-O)_n-

It is soluble in water, methanol, benzene, dichloromethane and is insoluble in diethyl ether and hexane.

Polyethylene glycol is coupled to hydrophobic molecules to produce non-ionic surfactants.

Uses

Polyethylene glycol is non-toxic and is used in a variety of products. In fact, it is the basis of a number of laxatives (e.g. macrogol -containing products such as Movicol®). As cetomacrogol it is the basis of many skin cream s. Additionally, PEG added to recombinant peptide hormones decreases their half-life and increasing dosage intervals; examples are PEG- interferon alpha (as used in hepatitis C) and PEG- filgrastim (Neulasta®).

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