Purchase of a High-Flux X-Ray Diffractometer

这份来自化学研究仪器项目的合同将帮助加州大学洛杉矶分校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，该系统带有旋转阳极发生器。此次收购将加强的化学研究领域包括：复杂和催化的宿主分子硼烷簇化学单晶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 the Univrsity of California at Los Angeles acquire an entire new integrated single crystal x-ray diffractometer and structure analysis system, with rotating anode generator. Among the areas of chemical research that will be enhanced by the acquisition are the following: 1. Host Molecules That Complex and Catalyze 2. Borane Cluster Chemistry 3. Porphyrin Sponges: Programmable Lattice Clathrates %%% 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.