Category Archives: Library Synthesis

Parallel Synthesis of O-aryloxyamines

Aryloxyamines are an interesting class of compounds which have been used in a variety of applications.  They are excellent intermediates for the synthesis of a number of biologically active heterocycles.  They also readily form very stable oximes and have therefore … Continue reading

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Linker Strategies in Solid Phase Organic Synthesis

That’s the title of a new book published by Wiley and recently reviewed by Prof. Mark Kurth in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Linker selection is critical to solid phase synthesis since it is the structural element that connects the heterogeneous … Continue reading

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Olefin Metathesis and Diels-Alder Reactions

One of the best applications of fluorous tags is in diversity-oriented syntheses (DOS).  Since fluorous solid phase extraction (FSPE) is a very general technique, it lends itself well to library and parallel synthesis since there is little method development necessary.  … Continue reading

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CO2 and Mitsunobu Conditions

An Org. Letters ASAP paper from the Merck Research Labs in Boston reports the formation of ureas and carbamates using CO2.  The researchers reacted amines and anilines with CO2 catalyzed by DBU to form a carbamic acid intermediate.  This intermediate … Continue reading

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Tagging vs. Scavenging vs. Nothing

One of the grants from NIH that we have secured at FTI is a Pilot-Scale Libraries grant for the production and depositing of compounds into NIH’s screening collection, the Molecular Libraries Small Molecules Repository (MLSMR).  The MLSMR is part of … Continue reading

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