title: Role of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in the rehearsal phase of combinatorial chemistry: a thin-layer chromatography equivalent for on-support monitoring of solid-phase organic synthesis.
abstract: The adaptation of diverse organic reactions to solid supports requires significant reaction optimization efforts. A convenient on-support analytical method functionally similar to TLC in solution chemistry is very advantageous. As a TLC-equivalent method, the single bead FTIR is a simple, sensitive, fast, and convenient analytical method to monitor SPOS without stopping the reaction or cleaving the product. As with TLC, single bead FTIR provides a wide range of information such as qualitative assessment, quantitative determination, and reaction kinetics. Studies with the single bead FTIR have not only provided a tool for daily monitoring of the solid-phase reactions, but a way to understand the properties of polymer-bound substrate and the nature of polymer-supported organic reactions. It has assisted in the selection of a wide range of reaction conditions rapidly for SPOS in the rehearsal phase of combinatorial chemistry. Due to its convenience and efficiency, FTIR internal reflection spectroscopy has evolved as a useful analytical methodology for monitoring of combinatorial chemistry reactions directly on polymer surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Core Technologies, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Summit, NJ 07901, USA. bing.yan@pharma.novartis.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Gremlich
mesh_terms: D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods*; D007700:Kinetics; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011092:Polyethylene Glycols