Patent ID: 6893815

Claim:
A mixture comprising a set of at least six chemical compounds having a common heterocyclic scaffold bearing functionalizable atoms, wherein said set of compounds is represented by the structure: wherein: each tether moiety T is —NHR 1 NH—, —NH(R 1 )O—, —NHR 2 NH—, —NHR 2 SO 2 NH—, —NHR 1 —, —N(R 4 ) 2 , —N═N—, O, S, Se, —P(═O)(O) 2 , NH, OR 2 , OR 3 , malonato, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, morpholino, imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, indolyl, 1H-indolyl, α-carbolinyl, carbazolyl, phenothiazinyl, phenoxazinyl, tetrazolyl, or triazolyl; R 1 is alkylene; R 2 is aryl; R 3 is H or C 1 -C 10 alkyl; R 4 is alkyleneoxy; and each chemical substituent L is, independently, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, substituted C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, C 2 -C 10 alkynyl, substituted C 2 -C 10 alkynyl, C 4 -C 7 carbocyclic alkyl, substituted C 4 -C 7 carbocyclic alkyl, C 4 -C 10 alkenyl carbocyclic, substituted C 4 -C 10 alkenyl carbocyclic, C 4 -C 10 alkynyl carbocyclic, substituted C 4 -C 10 alkynyl carbocyclic, C 6 -C 14 aryl, substituted C 6 -C 14 aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur containing heterocycle, a substituted nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur containing heterocycle, a mixed heterocycle, or a substituted mixed heterocycle; wherein each of the substituent groups is selected from a group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, benzyl, nitro, thiol, thioalkyl, thioalkoxy and halo; or L is, independently, phthalimido, an ether having 2 to 10 carbon atoms and 1 to 4 oxygen or sulfur atoms, hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, thiol, keto, carboxyl, NR 1 R 2 , CONR 1 , amidine, guanidine, glutamyl, nitro, nitrate, nitrile, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, NH-alkyl, N-dialkyl, O-aralkyl, S-aralkyl, NH-aralkyl, azido, hydrazino, hydroxylamino, sulfoxide, sulfone, sulfide, disulfide, silyl, a nucleosidic base, an amino acid side chain, or a carbohydrate.