NMR as an Integral Part of Undergraduate Chemistry Education

为了与加州理工学院波莫纳分校的“边做边学”理念保持一致，化学系开发了一套强大的高级实验课程，使学生能够接触到各种最先进的仪器。该计划的一个明显缺陷是缺乏可与研究生或工业职位的学生使用的核磁共振相媲美的核磁共振。这是所有化学——有机、有机金属、无机、物理和生物化学——的一个迅速发展的领域。为了弥补这一缺陷，我们购买了一台200Mhz的FT-NMR。实验已被设计用于高年级课程。这些实验大多利用FT-NMR的多核能力。新光谱仪最重要的用途是在选定的高年级化学课程和必修的高年级项目研究课程中。我们相信，只有通过光谱测量的第一手经验，学生才能开始理解核磁共振在解决问题中的作用。该机构正以等额的资金配合国家科学基金的拨款。

In keeping with the "learn by doing" philosophy at Cal Poly, Pomona, the Chemistry Department has developed a strong set of upper division laboratory courses which allow the students access to a variety of state-of-the-art instruments. One clear deficiency in this program is the lack of an NMR comparable to one which is used by the students in post-graduate or industrial positions. This is a rapidly expanding area for all of chemistry-organic, organometallic, inorganic, physical and biochemistry. To remedy the deficiency a 200Mhz FT-NMR was purchased. Experiments have been designed to use this NMR in upper division courses. The majority of these experiments utilize the multinuclear capability of the FT-NMR. The most important use for the new spectrometer is in selected upper division chemistry courses and in the required senior project research courses. We believe that students can only begin to appreciate the role of NMR in problem solving through first hand experience in the measurement of spectra. The institution is matching NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.