Synthesis, Analysis, Screening. This is not only a book written by specialists for specialists, but also for everyone who wants to brush up on their knowledge on the rapidly and ever-growing field of combinatorial chemistry. It is an indispensable source of information for researchers working in organic synthesis, catalysis, biochemistry, and biotechnology, pharmaceutical and clinical chemistry, material sciences, and analytical chemistry. He has been long regarded by many as the father of combinatorial chemistry because of his initial studies on multicomponent organic reactions. Solid-phase synthesis is also preferred.
Chemistry is an experimental science.
Chemists may find working on synthesis, analysis and all kinds of bioactivity tests to be tedious. If possible, chemists would like to use automatic processes for synthesis, analysis and screening. These may be possible if these complicated processes can be clearly defined as unit operations. Normally high-throughput screening has been regarded as the cause of sudden and extensive exploration in combinatorial chemistry. Expectations for automation might be another driving force.