| abstract |
The present invention relates to an array of compounds having a common core structure wherein the compounds of the array comprise the products of a multiple component combinatorial array synthesis having at least three components. The present invention also relates to the method of synthesizing that array. A further embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of solid phase synthesis to synthesize the combinatorial array of compounds. The present invention also relates to a method of creating a combinatorial array of compounds with a common core structure by identifying the desired core structure, identifying an MCCA reaction capable of generating that core structure, followed by preparing an array of compounds using the identified MCCA reaction according to the aforementioned method. The present invention also relates to a method for conducting in vitro assays of biological material using the combinatorial arrays of the present invention. |