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Quality control (QC) of combinatorial libraries (Continued)
automated, 215–223 bead-based, 275 off-bead, 275
FTIR, 275 HPLC/MS, 278, 360 MS, 275, 293 NMR, 275
Quinazolinediones, SP combinatorial libraries of, 242
Quinazolinones, SP combinatorial libraries of, 235
Quinic acid, SP combinatorial libraries from, 155
Quinine macrocycles, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 406
Quinolines, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 378
Quinolones, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 358
Quinolones, SP combinatorial libraries of, 240
Randomization points, 138, 346
Reaction monitoring in SPS, 1, 26–33, 95, 96
off-bead, 27, 80, 102, dimethoxytrityl cation release, 66
on-bead, 27–33, colorimetric/fluorescence, 27, 28
bromophenol blue, 48 disperse red 1 test, 28 Kaiser test, 27, 28, 48
ninhydrin test, see Kaiser test on bead, reaction monitoring in SPS
p-nitrobenzylpyridine test, 28 gel-phase NMR spectroscopy, 3, 4, 28,
29
13C-enriched, 29
IR spectroscopy, 32, 33, 230 attenuated total reflection (ATR), 32 DRIFTS, 32
Fourier Transform IR (FT-IR), 32 near IR, 32
photoacoustic FT-IR, 32 mass spectrometry, 29–31 analytical constructs, 31 MALDI-TOF, 29, 82
TOF-SIMS, 29 Raman spectroscopy, 32
Reaction monitoring of combinatorial library synthesis, 274, 347
in solution, 340 chiral GC, 475 by NMR, 399 by TLC, 399
on SP, off-bead, 274
Fmoc reading, 274, 316 UV quantitation, 274
on-bead, 168, 214 colorimetric techniques, 214
Kaiser test, 274
Reaction optimization, combinatorial, 456–460
parallel reaction libraries, 456–460 reagent-outcome relationship (ROR), 458,
459
Reactions in solution for combinatorial library synthesis
acylations, 342, 357, 480–484 aldol condensations, 433 alkylations, 357, 395
C-H insertions, 461, 462 cyclizations, 351 cycloadditions, 1,3-dipolar, 395 cyclocondensations, 350 Diels-Alder, 350, 550
Flugi, 365 Fluginelli, 365 Grignard, 393
Hantsch condensations, 435 Henry, 395
Hoffman eliminations, 391 hydrosilylation, 462–466 metathesis, ring opening cross-, 391 Michael additions, 386, 435 Mitsunobu, 381
reductions, 406 asymmetric, 471–473
reductive aminations, 371, 386 Robinson annulations, 435 Sonogashira coupling, 342, 350 Stille coupling, 344, 367, 394
transesterifications/cyclizations, 408, 410 Reactions on solid phase
acylations, 51, 232, 236, 308, 459, 460
alkylations, 308 N-, 277, 279 brominations, 443
cycloadditions, 121, 122 Dess-Martin oxidation, 129 Diels-Alder, 7, 234, 275 electrophilic iodinations, 116 Grignard, 235
Heck couplings, 466–471 Horner-Emmons, 235 macrocyclizations, 35, 56 metathesis, 279, 342
intramolecular, 275 Michael addition, 51 Mitsunobu, 277
nucleophilic substitutions, 456–459 aromatic, 234
Pauson-Khand cyclizations, 98, 101, 102 Pictet-Spengler, 214, 234
reductions, 317, 342, 443
reductive aminations, 228, 230, 231, 236, 459
Sonogashira couplings, 116, 321, Suzuki coupling, 128, 240, 243, 245, 279 Tsuge, 240
Wittig, 51, 240
Reactivity prediction models, 180 Receptors, see Molecular recognition
combinatorial libraries artificial, 484
Recombinant DNA techniques, 508 Reducing agents, polymer combinatorial
libraries of, 604, 605 Redundancy, 269, 270
Resin capture, 391–394 Ribosomes, 535 Ribozymes, 141, 156, 424
Scaffolds, 102, 106, 115, 138, 148, 150, 151, 159, 167, 169, 170, 172, 176, 178, 180, 224, 228, 282, 325, 342, 430, 433, 448, 485, 521, 604, 606
natural products as, 152, 154 polycyclic, 319, 342
rigid, 118, 119, 154, 170 Screening of combinatorial libraries,
high-throughput , 136, 137, 140, 223, 280, 429, 433, 437, 514
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adsorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME), 452, 453
in vitro, 453
artificial membranes, 453 in vivo, 453
cassette dosing, 453 assays for, 428–430,
cytoblot, 425
miniaturized, see Miniaturization whole plant, 456
automation for, 429, 430 robustness, 429
bead-based, 271, 466, 468, 469, 475, 478, 482, 483
for catalysis, 139, 461–484 chiral HPLC-based, 471, 473
colorimetric, 462–465, 475, 478 fluorescent, 466, 468, 469, 594, 595 GC, 586, 593
MS, 588, 591–593 resonance-enhanced multiphoton
ionization (REMPI), 588, 590 time-resolved IR thermographic
screening, 465, 482–484, 588, 589, 593
for chiral selection, 486
circular dichroism (CD)-based, 486 differential scanning calorimetry
(DSC), 486
for materials science, 139, 579, 580, 588–600
dielectric materials from, 599 scanning-tip microwave near-field mi-
croscope (STMNM), 599 magnetoresistant materials from, 142,
161
photoluminescent materials from, 142, 595–599
visual imaging for, 597 superconductor materials from, 142
metabolic, 422, 453 miniaturized, see Miniaturization
on-bead, 147, 252, 284–290, 303, 304, 306, 469, 485, 486, 490
binding assays, 284 detection methods for,
colorimetric, 284, 285, 494 dual color, 285
fluorescent, 284, 485, 486–489
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Screening of combinatorial libraries, high-throughput (Continued)
radioisotopic, 284 functional assays, 284
on-phage, 510, 514, 518, 528, 530 on-thread, 252
for pharmaceutical applications, 139 physicochemical, 422, 430, 454
blood brain barrier (BBB) penetration, 454
chromatography hydrophobicity index (CHI), 454
lipophilicity, 454 solubility, 454
pooling strategies for, 430 for polymers, 140, 604, 606 by fluorescence, 614, 615
by HPLC, 612
for separations, 612 in vivo, 609
positives from, 140, 154, 284, 288, 306, 430
false, 215, 285, 292, 293, 301, 588 target-assisted, see Direct, structure
determination of combinatorial libraries
toxicity, 430, 453, 454 in silico, 454
virtual, 177, 182, 189 Sequestration-enabling reagents, 382, 383,
385, 386 Similarity, 137, 171, 187
indices, 183 Tanimoto, 183
Solid-phase assisted solution-phase synthesis, 339, 372–396
dendritic supports for TADDOL, 377
ion exchange-supported in, 373, 374, 381, 386, 391, 395, 459, 460 N-phenylmaleimide/organotin chlorides
in, 377 poly(4-vinylpyridine) in, 373
poly(4-vinylpyridinium dichromate) in, 374
PS-supported, 111
catalysts in, 224, 372, 376–378 aluminium-based, 378 cobalt-based, 378
osmium tetroxide, 377 palladium-based, 378 piperidine, 378 ruthenium, Grubbs, 378 scandium-based, 378
reagents in, 372–376, 395 benzotriazole, 373, 374 bicyclic guanidines, 373 borohydride, 373 cyanoborohydride, 374
cyclopentadienyl phosphazine, 373 di(acyloxy)halogenates, 373, 374 diazidohalogenates, 373 distannane, 373
DMAP, 374, 376, 386 EDC, 373, 386 guanidines, 395 iodoso diacetate, 373 lithium amides, 373
Mukayama’s reagent, 373 nitroacetate, 373 perruthenate, 373, 395 phosphazene, 395
pyridinium bromide perbromide, 374 quaternary ammonium salts, 395 selenium, 373
silyl cyanide, 374 silyl triflate, 373 sulfonylhydrazine, 393 tosic acid, 393
trifluoromethyl aryl ketones, 373 triphenylphosphine, 374
Wittig, 374
scavengers in, 351, 372, 374, 381, 395 acyl chlorides,382
aldehydes, 382 amines, 382, 386, 395 isocyanates, 382 morpholines, 382
ROMPGEL supported, 373, 377 silica-supported, 377, 378
Solid-phase linkers, 9–26, 94, 223 acid-labile, 10–14, 47, 48
acid-sensitive methoxy benzaldehyde (AMEBA), 224
backbone amide linkage (BAL), 48, 53, 54
carbazate linker, 13 diethanolamine linker, 13
halide linker, 12
p-hydroxymethyl benzoic acid (HMB), 403
hypersensitive linker, 10, 11 indole linker, 12
Knorr linker, 315 PAL linker, 11, 52
Rink amide linker, 11, 35, 234, 293, 391, 442
Rink ester linker, 11, 243 silicon-based linkers, 12, 78
super-acid sensitive resin (SASRIN), 10 THP linker, 11, 12, 116, 400
trityl linkers, 12
Wang linker, 10, 101, 102, 241, 277, 475
base-labile, 10, 14, 59–63 acetyldimedone linker, 14 carbamate linker, 61 disulfide linker, 61
ester linkers, 60, 61 fluorene linker, 14
oxime linker, 14, 244, 245 silicon-based linkers, 14 squarate linker, 80 p-thiophenol linker, 14, 78, 230
cleavage of
cyclative, 10, 24–26, 48, 51, 79, 80, 94, 120, 121, 123, 235, 293, 351, 393, 394, 399
multiple options, 113
photolabile, 10, 14–17, 148, 306, 318, 320 carbamate linker, 31
o-nitrobenzyl linkers, 16, 17, 78 pivaloylglycolic linker, 17
safety-catch, 10, 17–20 acetal linker, 18 acid-labile, 17
imidazole hydroxyl linker, 18 Kenner sulfonamide linker, 17 phenol-sulfide linker, 17 redox linker, 20 sulfide-based linker, 18 thioketal hydroxyl linker, 18
traceless, 10, 20–24, 93 carboxyl-based linker, 22 chromium carbonyl linkers, 21 cobalt carbonyl linkers, 21 germanium-based linkers, 20
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hydrazide linker, 23 phosphorus-based linkers, 20 quinodimethane linker, 20 regenerated Michael (REM) linker, 20 selenium-based linkers, 24, 113 silicon-based linkers, 20, 24, 128
Solid-phase synthesis, 1–135 accessibility of reaction sites, 285 automated, 91, 96, 141 combinatorial exploitation of, 91, 92,
102–107, 113, 117, 118, 123–125, 132–134, 173
by decoration, 96–98, 106 continuous-flow, 5, 6, 48, 58, 71, 95 design of, 93–95, 99–101, 115, 116, 120,
121, 127, 128 purification in, 7, 96
rationale for, 108, 114, 115, 125 reaction conditions in,
chemistry assessment, 5, 7, 8, 95–97, 101, 102, 111, 116, 117, 121–123, 128–131, 167, 212, 226, 230, 236, 241, 269, 320, 340, 443
optimization of, see Chemistry assessment, reaction conditions in, solid-phase synthesis
validation in solution, 93, 98, 99, 109–112
validation on SP, see Chemistry assessment, reaction conditions in, solid-phase synthesis
transfer from solution synthesis, see Chemistry assessment, reaction conditions in, solid-phase synthesis
reaction kinetics in, 6, 7, 95 retrosynthetic studies in, see Target
selection, reaction conditions in, solid-phase synthesis
side products in, 96
site isolation, see Site-site interactions, reaction conditions in, solid-phase synthesis
site-site interactions in, 7, 374
target selection in, 92, 93, 98, 115, 120, 127, 230, 319
work-up protocols in, 5, 7, 8 Solid-solid interface reactions, 7
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Solid supports, 1–8, 48, 58, 59, 94, 246–252, 340, 514
bidimensional supports, see Planar supports, solid supports
cotton, 6, 48 cross-linking in, 1, 2 crowns, 6, 77, 94
gelatinous, see Polystyrene resins, solid supports
loading, 3, 5, 236, 341 high, 383
macroporous nonswelling resins, 5–7, 95 Argopore, 5
controlled pore glass (CPG), 5, 58, 70, 77
kieselguhr-based, 5, 48 polyamide-based, 5, 48
microkans, 314 microscope slides, 327 microtubes, 6, 314, 315
monodimensional supports, see Threads, solid supports
pins, 6, 94, 141, 314 planar supports, 246–248
cellulose, 6, 48, 58, 485 laminar, 247 membranes, 6
polymeric colloids, 58, 59 polystyrene discs, 6 polystyrene resins
handling of, 270, 272
hydrophilic PEG, 3, 4, 37, 48, 58, 77, 94, 95, 285, 320
Argogel, 3, 243, 285 polyethylene glycol acrylamide
(PEGA), 4, 285, 286 polytetrahydrofuran, 4
Tentagel, 3, 285, 286, 318, 480, 482, 483
hydrophobic, 1–3, 37, 48, 58, 77, 95 Merrifield, 3, 11, 74, 81, 236
macrobeads, 38, 253
solvation, see Swelling, PS resins, solid supports
swelling of, 2, 4, 5, 7, 129, 340 sepharose, 48, 78, 80
for targets in phage display, 514 tea bags, 141, 235
threads, 251, 252
Soluble supports, 6, 75, 339, 397–404 dendrimers, 6, 400–404, 602
glycopeptide, 52, 402 PEG-derived, high loading, 402 peptide, 52
non-PEG based, 399, 400 isopropylamide/acrylic acid
heteropolymer, 399 non cross-linked PS, 400
polyvinyl alcohol copolymer, 399 styrene/allylic alcohol heteropolymer,
400 PEG, 77, 397–400
as catalysts, 398 high loading, 398 as reagents, 398 as scavengers, 398
synthesis of, 600–603 Solution-phase synthesis, 339–421
design of, 346 reaction conditions
chemistry assessment, 340, 346, 347, 351, 357
validation of, 346 semiautomated, 352 target selection in, 346
work-up protocols in, 340, 361–372, 391, 461
chromatography, 340, 371, 372 concentrations, see Evaporations, Work-up protocols
crystallizations, 397 drying, 340 evaporations, 340, 361 extractions, 340
liquid-liquid, 361–368, 370 two-phase, 361–363 multiphase, fluorous/aqueous/or-
ganic, 363–368 solid-phase (SPE), 368–371
cartridges, prepacked, 370 fluorous reverse-phase silica gel,
370
ion-exchange chromatography, 368–371
reverse-phase silica gel, 369 filtrations, 361
precipitations, 361, 397
size exclusion chromatography, 401, 402
ultrafiltration, 401 Solvation energy, 180
Spiro[pyrrolidine-2,3’-oxindoles], solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 358–360, 435
Stereoselection, 461, 462
Steroids, SP combinatorial libraries of, 154 Stilbenes, SP combinatorial libraries of,
197, 198, 240 Structure–activity relationships (SAR), 172,
431, 437, 477, 586, 604, 609 Structure determination for combinatorial
libraries, 139, 215, 269, 274, 275 by deconvolution, 139, 264, 290–301
bogus coin, 299 chiral, 236 deletion, 299, 342
HPLC fractionation, 342
iterative, 142, 144, 149, 290–298, 301, 341, 342, 442, 456, 477, 486
mutational synthetic unrandomization of random oligomer fragments (SURF), 299–300
omission libraries, 299 orthogonal, 299
positional scanning, 143, 298, 299, 301, 341, 342
recursive, 290 subtractive, 299, 342
direct, 264, 279–290
off-bead, target-assisted, 280–284, 286, 531
electrospray ionization (ESI)/MS, 280 and affinity chromatography, 280 and capillary isoelectric focusing,
280
and gel filtration, 280
and immunoaffinity extraction and immunoaffinity ultrafiltration,
280
and pulsed ultrafiltration, 280, 281 and size exclusion chromatography
(SEC), 280 FTICR-MS, 281
HPLC and immunoaffinity deletion, 280
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MALDI-MS and size exclusion chromatography (SEC), 280
NMR
NOE pumping, 283
pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR, 282, 283
SAR by, 282
saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR, 283
transfer NOE (trNOE), 282, 283 on-bead, see On-bead, screening of
combinatorial libraries
by DNA sequencing for display libraries, 514, 515
by encoding, 139, 264, 272, 286, 301–318, 325, 484, 490
chemical, 139, 154, 167, 301–310, 480 binary scheme, 306, 325
decoding
by capillary electrochromatography (CEC), 307
by electron capture GC (ECGC), 306, 310
by HPLC/fluorescence, 306, 307 non-chemical, 139, 310–318
fluorophoric supports, 311 intrinsically labeled supports, 311 MS-encoded, 311
radiofrequency, 148, 155, 311–318, 477
positional, 215, 252
indirect, see Deconvolution, structure determination for combinatorial libraries
Sulfonamides, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 375
Supramolecular chemistry, 485 Synthetic protocols for materials science
combinatorial libraries,
in solution, 579, 580, 586, 587, 589, 590, 594
hydrothermal, 587 inkjet deposition, 594 sol-gel, 588
on SP, 579
diffusion barriers, 580 solid-state, 580
classical, 580
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Synthetic protocols for materials science combinatorial libraries (Continued)
thin-film deposition, 161, 580–584, 595–597
electrochemical, 582
electron beam evaporation, 582 electron guns for, 581,584 emission jets for, 581
physical masking in, 161, 581, 582, 584, 591, 595–599
physical vapor, 582 pulsed laser ablation, 582
radiofrequency sputtering, 582, 591,598, 599
Synthetic protocols for polymer libraries radical polymerizations, 600
Synthetic protocols for solution-phase combinatorial libraries
automated, 341, 352–360 light fluorous synthesis, 367 parallel, 363, 438 semiautomated, 352
Synthetic protocols for SP combinatorial libraries
automated, 161, 169, 265, 341 directed sorting, 311–315
divide and recombine, see Mix-and-split, synthetic protocols for SP combinatorial libraries
many compounds per bead, 266 mix-and-split, 137, 138, 141, 235,
264–270, 288, 290, 298, 301, 302, 308, 311, 318, 323, 341, 404, 475, 486, 488, 490
one compound per bead, see Mix-and- split, synthetic protocols for SP combinatorial libraries
one compound per well, see Parallel, synthetic protocols for SP combinatorial libraries
parallel, 137, 170, 210–212, 226, 265, 293, 313, 438
automated, 165, 170, 210–215, 240–246
manual, 210–214, 224–235 semiautomated, 170, 210–214, 235–240 spatially addressable, 141
VLSIPS, 246, 248
Synthetic receptors, 422. See also Molecular recognition combinatorial libraries
Tags, 137, 301 chemical, 301, 303
electrophoric, 302, 305, 306, 308–310 nucleotides, 303–305
peptides, 303–305 secondary amines, 306, 307
for extraction, 362, 363 fluorous, 364, 365, 367, 368
non chemical, 301 optical, 139 radiofrequency, 139
Taxol, combinatorial biocatalytic libraries from, 567
Taxol derivatives, 519, 520 Template-directed synthesis, see Dynamic
combinatorial libraries Templates, imprinting, 612. See also
Molecularly imprinted polymer combinatorial libraries
Tetrahydroacridines, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 341, 342
Tetrahydro-β-carbolines, SP combinatorial libraries of, 214, 234
Tetrahydroisoquinolinones, SP combinatorial libraries of, 242
Tetrahydroquinolines, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 342
Tetrahydroquinolines, SP combinatorial libraries of, 224–228
1,2,3-Thiadiazoles, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 393
Thiazoles, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 342
Thiazolidinones, SP combinatorial libraries of, 234
Thiohydantoins, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 350
Thiohydantoins, SP combinatorial libraries of, 279
Thiophenes, SP combinatorial libraries of, 240
3-Thio-1,2,4-triazoles, SP combinatorial libraries of, 240
Toxicity, 171
Transition state analogues (TSA), 525–527 Triazines, solution-phase combinatorial
libraries of, 150, 151, 355–358 Triazines, SP combinatorial libraries of, 271 Tricyclic compounds, solution-phase
combinatorial libraries of, 435 Tricyclic compounds, SP combinatorial
libraries of, 240
Tyrphostins, SP combinatorial libraries of, 315
Unsaturated dicarboxylates, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 406
Ureas, solution-phase combinatorial libraries of, 342
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Ureas, SP combinatorial libraries of, 235, 243
Vaccines, 508
96-Wells format, 355 architecture, 211 microdispensers, 250, 272
plates, 215, 223, 224, 232–235, 240, 375 reaction blocks, 212, 241, 359, 375
SPE cartridges for purification, 371
Yohimbinic acid, SP combinatorial libraries from, 153, 154
Zeolites, 587
Solid-Phase Synthesis and Combinatorial Technologies. Pierfausto Seneci Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBNs: 0-471-33195-3 (Hardback); 0-471-22039-6 (Electronic)
1Solid-Phase Synthesis: Basic Principles
Chemical reactions can be divided into two main classes: those that take place in a single phase and are therefore said to be homogeneous and those that occur at the interface of two phases and are described as heterogeneous. Typical examples of heterogeneous reactions are catalytic hydrogenations, where the substrate in solution is reduced by means of an insoluble catalyst and the reaction takes place at the interface between the solid and the solution.
In this and the following two chapters we will cover a specific family of heterogeneous reactions in which a reagent is coupled to a solid support via a chemical functionality that is present on the solid support. A multistep synthesis on the solid phase (SP) then transforms the bound intermediate into the target molecule that eventually is cleaved from the support. This technique, commonly referred to as solid-phase synthesis (SPS), was introduced in the 1960s by Merrifield (1) for the efficient synthesis of polypeptides and has rapidly become a standard technology for the preparation of oligopeptides and oligonucleotides. The advent of combinatorial chemistry has led to an increased awareness and use of SPS for the preparation of small organic molecules via classical organic reactions (2–8) that have been adapted to the SP.
We will now describe the main differences between SPS and organic synthesis in solution, focusing on (i) the types of solid supports available for SPS, (ii) the linkers used to anchor compounds to those supports, (iii) monitoring reactions in SPS, and (iv) estimation of the purity and yield of SP reactions.
1.1 SOLID SUPPORTS
1.1.1 Hydrophobic Polystyrene Resins
The most common solid supports in SPS are hydrophobic polystyrene (PS) resin beads (9), which are representatives of the class of so-called gelatinous solid supports. They consist of PS cross-linked with 1–2% divinylbenzene (DVB) and are described schematically in Fig. 1.1, which shows the appearance of a hydroxymethyl-grafted PS resin.
On the left in Fig. 1.1, at low magnification the regular spherical shape of the bead is very apparent. It should be pointed out that this is the common representation of a resin in equations describing a chemical reactions carried out in the SP. On the right,
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The solvation of gelatinous resins strongly influences the reactivity of the bead sites. These supports swell in most solvents and behave as gels. The reaction with reagents in solution is facilitated because access to the inner reaction sites of the bead becomes easy. Swelling depends heavily on the solvent (which at best must dissolve the resin bead) and on the percentage of cross-linking of the PS support. While hydrophobic PS resins swell properly in apolar solvents (from 3 to 8 times their starting volume), their swelling is poor in polar protic solvents such as alcohols and water. This precludes any reaction with reagents dissolved in these solvents since only around 1–2% of the reaction sites of a bead are located on its surface. The cross-linking of these resins is normally between 1 and 2%, which gives a reasonable compromise between a good ability to swell resulting from a low level of cross-linking and the stability of the beads (low levels of cross-linking result in beads that are very fragile).
The PS resin beads commonly used in SPS have particle sizes between 90 and 200m. This makes them big enough to have large numbers of reaction sites on a single