Purchase of an X-Ray Single Crystal Diffractometer

这份来自化学研究仪器项目的合同将帮助乔治城大学化学系获得一套全新的集成单晶x射线衍射仪和结构分析系统，该系统具有旋转阳极发生器和低温能力。此次收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：氧桥接双核铁蛋白的生物无机化学研究杂多阴离子化学的结构研究杂多情结的新范畴与新见解新型氮酮及其金属配合物的结构与反应低效率跨桥电子相互作用的混价钌二聚体分子晶体表面的取向依赖性化学维生素B-12功能的体化学控制盘状中间相的手性柱和通道第一排过渡金属二核和三核咪唑桥接配合物的磁结构相关性%%%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。从分子间组成和结构的知识中获得的信息有助于开发催化或有机合成中潜在的普遍感兴趣的新反应。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will help the Department of Chemistry at Georgetown University acquire an entire new integrated single crystal x-ray diffractometer and structure analysis system, with rotating anode generator and low temperature capabilitities. Among the areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1. The Bioinorganic Chemistry of Oxo-Bridged Dinuclear Iron Proteins 2. Structural Investigations in Heteropolyanion Chemistry 3. New Categories of Heteropoly Complexes and New Insights 4. Structure and Reactions of Novel Nitrones and Their Metal Complexes 5. Mixed-Valence Ruthenium Dimers Involving Less-Effective Cross-Bridge Electronic Interaction 6. Orientation-Dependent Chemistry on Molecular Crystal Surface 7. Sterochemical Control of Vitamin B-12 Functionality 8. Chiral Columns and Channels from Discotic Mesophases 9. Magneto-Structural Correlations in Di- and Trinuclear Imidazolate-Bridged Complexes of First-Row Transition Metals %%% 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 to characterize molecular structure. The information gained from the knowledge of the intermolecular composition and structure helps to develop new reactions of potentially general interest in catalysis or organic synthesis.