Chapter 20

If you were to make a library of tripeptides using a random combinatorial method with 20 amino acids, how many unique compounds would you expect to make?

You are investigating a multi-component reaction (which uses three reagents, \(A, B\) and \(C\) ) to make a library of compounds. Assuming you have 12 chemicals which can act as \(A, 5\) which can act as \(B\) and 8 which can act as \(C\), and that you wish to make all the possible variants, how many 96 well plates would you need to use?