Purchase of X-Ray Diffraction Equipment

化学研究仪器计划的这一奖项将 协助南方大学化学系 加州购买了一台X射线衍射仪， 旋转阳极源和低温能力。 研究领域将通过收购这一支持 这些工具是： 1. 长寿命碳阳离子盐的x射线衍射研究。 2. 配位领域中的碳氢化合物反应 可溶性金属络合物。 3. 结构配位化学。 4. 金属硫化物及其它化合物的结构分析 X射线和中子衍射。 5. 结构、反应性和 有机金属配合物中的能量学 6. 合成有机化学、生物有机化学和有机金属化学。 %%% X射线衍射仪是一种用于测量 化合物或分子的精确结构。 距离 分子中原子之间的相互作用被精确地测量到 大约0.1皮米（一个皮米中有1，000，000，000，000皮米） 米;一米大约是三英尺）。 x射线衍射 测量还提供了关于相对湿度的精确信息。 一个给定分子相对于另一个分子的位置和方向 单晶中的相邻分子。

This award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program will assist the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southern California in the purchase of an x-ray diffractometer with a rotating anode source and low temperature capability. Research areas to be supported by the acquisition of this instrument are: 1. X-ray diffraction studies of long lived carbocation salts. 2. Reactions of hydrocarbons in the coordination sphere of soluble metal complexes. 3. Structural coordination chemistry. 4. Structure analysis of metal hydrides and other compounds by x-ray and neutron diffraction. 5. Study of the relationships between structure, reactivity and energetics in organometallic complexes. 6. Synthetic organic, bioorganic and organometallic chemistry. %%% An x-ray diffractometer is an instrument used to measure the precise structure of a chemical compound, or molecule. Distances between the atoms in a molecule are measured to a precision of about 0.1 picometers (there are 1,000,000,000,000 picometers in one meter; one meter is about three feet). X-ray diffraction measurements also give precise information about the relative location and orientation of a given molecule to the other neighboring molecules in the single crystal.