Title: compound collection
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - compound collection
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14121
Status: current

Definition
Set of chemicals that has been assembled and annotated for easy storage and retrieval and that is available for screening.

Note
Generally consists of compounds synthesized by combinatorial or standard synthetic methods or purchased from commercial sources, or of natural products as pure samples. Compounds may be stored in dry powder form, or dissolved at a fixed concentration in a solvent, such as dimethylsulfoxide.

Source
- PAC, 2011, 83, 1129. 'Glossary of terms used in biomolecular screening (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 1136 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-09-05-03)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14121/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14121/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14121/xml

Citation: Citation: 'compound collection' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14121
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