Sh. Dewitt et al., DIVERSOMERS - AN APPROACH TO NONPEPTIDE, NONOLIGOMERIC CHEMICAL DIVERSITY, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 90(15), 1993, pp. 6909-6913
Solid-phase chemistry, organic synthesis, and an apparatus for multipl
e, simultaneous synthesis have been combined to generate libraries of
organic compounds (''diversomers''). Arrays of compounds were synthesi
zed over two to three steps incorporating chemically diverse building
blocks on a polystyrene-based solid support in a multiple, simultaneou
s manner. The generality of this approach is illustrated by the synthe
ses of dipeptides, hydantoins, and benzodiazepines.