Considerations in Pursuing Reaction Scope Generality

Abstract

The term “generality” has recently been popularized in synthetic chemistry, owing largely to the increasing use of high-throughput technology for producing vast quantities of data and the emergence of data science tools to plan and interpret these experiments. Despite this, the term has not been clearly defined, and there is no standardized approach toward developing a method with a diverse (general) scope. This minireview will examine different emerging strategies toward achieving generality using selected examples and aims to give the reader an overview of modern workflows that have been used to expedite this pursuit.