Purchase of Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer

单晶x射线晶体学是测定固体结构最有效的分析方法。在合成无机、有机、生物无机和有机金属化学中，单晶x射线衍射是表征分子结构的宝贵工具。分子组成和结构的知识有助于催化或合成中潜在的普遍兴趣的新反应的发展。这份来自化学仪器项目的合同将帮助犹他州立大学化学和生物化学系购买一台四圈自动单晶x射线衍射仪。化学和生物化学系的成员需要该仪器进行以下化学领域的研究：过渡金属-卤代烷基配合物的结构反应性研究。2. 金属辅助有机合成相关化合物的结构表征手性过渡金属催化剂的建模。3. 新型硼磷化合物的结构表征。4. 有机化合物中相对构型的评价。5. 新型金属-（氯）膦配合物的结构表征。6. 小肽抗生素的结构。

Single crystal x-ray crystallography is the most powerful analytical method for structure determination of solids. In synthetic inorganic, organic, bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry, single crystal x-ray diffraction is an invaluable tool for the characterization of molecular structure. Knowledge of molecular composition and structure helps in the development of new reactions of potentially general interest in catalysis or synthesis. This award from the Chemical Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Utah State University purchase a Four-Circle Automated Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer. The instrument is needed by members of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department for research in the following areas of chemistry: 1. Structure-reactivity studies of transition metal alpha-haloalkyl complexes. 2. Structural characterization of compounds related to metal- assisted organic synthesis; modeling of chiral transition metal catalysts. 3. Structural characterization of new boron and phosphorus compounds. 4. Assessment of relative configurations in organic compounds. 5. Structural characterization of novel metal-(chloro) phosphine complexes. 6. Structures of small peptide antibiotics.