Acquisition of a High-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

这项来自化学研究仪器项目的奖励将帮助南加州大学化学系获得一台500 MHz核磁共振光谱仪，该光谱仪将用于以下化学领域的研究调查：1)碳阳离子和相关反应中间体的高场核磁共振研究，2)可溶金属配合物配位球中烃类的反应，3)研究新型光学、电学和磁学性能的新材料，4)合成有机、生物有机和有机金属化学，5)阴离子乙烯基聚合的合成应用，6)含硅聚合物的合成研究。核磁共振光谱学是化学家用来研究分子结构的最有力的工具。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，并研究溶液中分子之间相互作用的动力学。获得最先进的核磁共振光谱是必不可少的化学家谁正在进行前沿研究。这些核磁共振研究的结果在聚合物和催化以及生物学等领域都很有用。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southern California acquire a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer which will be used in research investigations in the following areas of chemistry: 1) High Field NMR Studies of Carbocations and Related Reactive Intermediates, 2) Reactions of Hydrocarbons in the Coordination Sphere of Soluble Metal Complexes, 3) New Materials for the Study of Novel Optical, Electrical, and Magnetic Properties, 4) Synthetic Organic, Bioorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry, 5) Synthetic Applications of Anionic Vinyl Polymerization, 6) Studies in the Synthesis of Silicon-Containing Polymers. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy is the most powerful tool available to the chemist for the elucidation of the structure of molecules. It is used to identify unknown substances, characterize specific arrangements of atoms within molecules, and to study the dynamics of interactions between molecules in solution. Access to state-of-the-art NMR spectrometry is essential to chemists who are carrying out frontier research. The results from these NMR studies are useful in areas such as polymers and catalysis, and in biology.