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Comments on the Terminology for Applications of Temporarily Attached Solubility‐Modifying Moieties in Combinatorial Chemistry
Author(s) -
Link Andreas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20001117)39:22<4039::aid-anie4039>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - confusion , terminology , solubility , phase (matter) , order (exchange) , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer science , combinatorial chemistry , philosophy , psychology , linguistics , business , finance , psychoanalysis
Babylonian confusion —Is the current distinction between a liquid phase and a solution phase in organic synthesis correct and reasonable? A confusion of tongues furnished the end of the construction of the Tower of Babylon (see picture). In order to prevent combinatorial chemistry from this fate, ambiguous terms such as “liquid‐phase organic synthesis” have to be abandoned. (The picture was reproduced with kind permission from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)