Purchase of a Multinuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer

这项来自化学研究仪器项目的奖金将帮助耶鲁大学化学系获得一台300兆赫光谱仪，用于从天然产物和其他生物活性化合物的合成到反应机制的阐明等研究调查。有机分子能量和构象的测定及立体控制合成用有机金属试剂的研制。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 Yale University acquire a 300 MHz spectrometer which will be used in research investigations which range from synthesis of natural products and other biologically active compounds to elucidation of reaction mechanisms, determination of energies and conformations or organic molecules and development of organometallic reagents for sterocontrolled synthesis. 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.