Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Combinatorial
synthesis
(diversity oriented
synthesis
):
Synthesis
of many structurally related compounds (called a
library
) at the same time. Used frequently in
drug
discovery.
Synthesis
of a very small
library
of four different
esters
starting from the same
acid chloride
but using different
alcohols
(
ROH
).
Related terms:
Pyridine
,
R group
,
esterification
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