Patent ID: 6867010

Claim:
A method for identifying a catalyst of interest from a library comprising at least two different potential catalysts, said method comprising: a) providing a library of units comprising potential catalysts, at least two different potential catalysts presented in the library as components of different individual units, each unit having the structure potential catalyst-substrate, indicating that at least one potential catalyst molecule is attached to at least one substrate molecule, wherein said potential catalyst is attached to said at least one substrate in a manner that allows a potential catalytic reaction to occur between said potential catalyst and said at least one substrate; b) providing conditions suitable for said potential catalyst, to catalyze the reaction of said at least one substrate to form one or more products, wherein at least one product of said catalytic reaction remains attached to said catalyst; c) providing at least one reagent or condition which converts said at least one attached product to at least one substrate so as to regenerate at least one catalyst-substrate unit; d) repeating said b) and c) at least once; and e) identifying at least one catalyst, with the desired catalytic activity.