Parallel synthesis and fast catalytic testing of catalyst libraries for oxidation reactions

One way of speeding up catalyst development could be to use methods of comb inatorial chemistry which has established itself in the last decade as an e fficient tool for the fast synthesis of a large number of organic compounds (libraries) in the pharmaceutical industry. This paper describes initial m ethodological studies which have been initiated with the aim of achieving t he fast parallel synthesis and catalytic testing of heterogeneous catalysts .