Method for producing polyethylene glycol compound

Abstract

A method for producing an activated polyethylene glycol compound having a carbamate bond between a polyethylene glycol moiety and a functional group capable of reacting with a bio-related substance or a precursor of the functional group, includes: reacting a polyethylene glycol raw material having a nitrophenyl group at a terminal thereof with an amine compound having the functional group capable of reacting with the bio-related substance or the precursor of the functional group in a solution containing an aprotic solvent to obtain a reaction mixture containing the activated polyethylene glycol compound and 4-nitrophenol; adding a basic aqueous solution having a pH of 10 or more and 14 or less to the reaction mixture to obtain a two-phase mixture; and separating an organic layer of the two-phase mixture from an aqueous layer of the two-phase mixture and recovering the activated polyethylene glycol compound from the organic layer.

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