This document discusses combinatorial chemistry techniques for rapidly producing large numbers of similar molecules for screening. It defines combinatorial chemistry as producing large numbers of analogs through the same reaction conditions. Solid phase synthesis on resin beads allows many reactions to occur in parallel. Methods like Houghton's "tea bag" approach and automated parallel synthesis in multi-well plates enable producing analog libraries. Mixed combinatorial synthesis combines reactants in mixtures that are then split and recombined to generate compound libraries without defining each structure. These techniques increase the efficiency and throughput of drug discovery.