Abstract
This review surveys the methods developed for the purification of intermediates and final compounds originating from parallel and combinatorial chemistry. Included will be reviews of polymerassisted purification, liquid-phase combinatorial chemistry, fluorous synthesis, liquid-liquid and solid-phase extraction, reverse-phase HPLC and supercritical fluid chromatography. A critique of each method is given, highlighting the methodologies strengths and weaknesses.
Keywords: fluorous synthesis, combinatorial chemistry, parallel chemistry, puriffication strategy, liquid-phase combinatorial chemistry