Patent ID: 6061636
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B01J,C07K,C40B,G16B,G16C

Abstract:
An apparatus for representation of members of a combinatorial chemistry library comprising:a) means for identifying each potential synthon for each reaction stage in a combinatorial reaction series;b) means for identifying the contribution made, respectively, by each potential synthon identified in a), that is, the portion of the potential synthon which ultimately could be incorporated into a member of the combinatorial chemistry library;c) means for indicating for each contribution identified in b), every position at which the contribution may attach to another contribution made by another synthon utilized in a previous or subsequent reaction stage;d) means for specifying a label for each position indicated in c), wherein a particular contribution can attach to a previous or subsequent contribution at any position having the same label on both the particular contribution and the previous or subsequent contribution; ande) means for dividing the contributions from at least one reaction stage into subsets, wherein at least one of the subsets is not to be combined with a contribution from a previous or subsequent reaction stage.