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The power and accessibility of high-throughput methods for catalysis research

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Developing catalytic reactions for organic synthesis is the central goal of countless research groups worldwide. High-throughput experimentation is invaluable for this pursuit, with the requisite tools becoming increasingly available to both industrial and academic research labs.

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Fig. 1: One-factor-at-a-time versus multivariate screening.
Fig. 2: Increasing sophistication in high-throughput experimentation for catalysis.

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Allen, C.L., Leitch, D.C., Anson, M.S. et al. The power and accessibility of high-throughput methods for catalysis research. Nat Catal 2, 2–4 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0220-4

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