Acquisition of a Raman Spectrometer

拉曼光谱使研究化学家能够研究分子的短寿命电子激发态的结构特征，从而将这些结构与相应的基态进行比较。了解这些差异使化学家能够以合理的方式预测分子的反应性。化学仪器计划的这项奖励将帮助瑞安大学瓦巴什学院的化学系获得一台拉曼光谱仪。收购拉曼光谱仪将增加沃巴什学院教职员工和本科生的研究机会。这些机会包括以下化学领域的研究：1)研究含有过渡金属之间键的短寿命中间体的结构。2)甲酰/过渡金属卟啉络合物反应中间体的结构性质研究。

Raman spectroscopy enables the research chemist to study the structural features of short-lived electronically excited states of molecules and thus compare these structures with the corresponding ground states. Knowledge of these differences allow the chemist to predict reactivity of molecules in a rational manner. This award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program will aid the Department of Chemistry at Wabash College, a RUI institution, to acquire a Raman spectrometer. The acquisition of the Raman spectrometer will enhance the research opportunities for both faculty and undergraduate students at Wabash College. The opportunities include studies in the following areas of chemistry: 1) Study of the structures of short-lived intermediates containing bonds between transition metals. 2) Study of the structural properties of intermediates formed during the reactions of formyl/transition metal porphyrin complexes.