Combinatorial Technologies Basic Principles

Chapters 1 and 2 have been reorganised and updated in line with recent developments. A new chapter on the Future of Purification has been added. It outlines developments in syntheses on solid supports, combinatorial chemistry as well as the use of ionic liquids for chemical reactions and reactions in fluorous media. These technologies are becoming increasingly useful and popular so much so that many future commercially available substances will most probably be prepared using these procedures. Consequently, a knowledge of their basic principles will be helpful in many purification methods of the future. 

The goal to reach such a wide and diverse audience may be overambitious, but a good blend of basic principles and detailed information about combinatorial technologies should really be useful for many workers, or future workers, in the field. The homogeneous organization of the book should also be instrumental for the reader and for the student to receive a balanced but complete overview of this new and exciting discipline and hopefully attract the attention of new talented scientists, or soon-to-be scientists, who will eventually contribute to the future development of combinatorial technologies. 

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