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Ultra-High-Throughput Acoustic Droplet Ejection-Open Port Interface-Mass Spectrometry for Parallel Medicinal Chemistry.

ABSTRACT: High-throughput experimentation (HTE) has emerged as an important tool in drug discovery, providing a platform for preparing large compound libraries and enabling swift reaction screening over wide-ranging conditions. Recent advances in automated high-density, material-sparing HTE have necessitated the development of rapid analytics with sensitivity and resolution sufficient to identify products and/or assess reaction performance in a timely and data-rich manner. Combination of an ultrathroughput (UT) reader platform with Acoustic Droplet Ejection-Open Port Interface-Mass Spectrometry (ADE-OPI-MS) provides the requisite speed and sensitivity. Herein, we report the application of ADE-OPI-MS to HTE in the areas of parallel medicinal chemistry and reaction screening.

SUBMITTER: DiRico KJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294554 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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