Upgrade of 500 MHz NMR Facility

这份来自化学研究仪器和设施计划以及仪器和仪器开发计划（IID）的合同将帮助犹他大学化学系升级其现有的500 MHZ核磁共振。这一设备升级将加强若干领域的研究，包括：含磷六元环分子结构的构象性质及其在多肽和蛋白质中不充分的光谱节段运动的自动解释异戊二烯生物合成途径中酶的机制研究捕鱼锥体蜗牛多肽神经毒素的结构研究核磁共振波谱是最有力的工具化学家用来阐明分子结构的。它用于识别未知物质，表征分子内原子的特定排列，以及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 and Facilities Program and the Instrumentation and Instrument Development Program (IID) will assist the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah in the purchase of an upgrade of its existing 500 MHZ NMR. This equipment upgrade will enhance research in a number of areas including the following: Conformational Properties of Phorphorus-Containing Six-Membered Rings Molecular Structure from Automated Interpretation of INADEQUATE Spectra Segmental Motion in Peptides and Proteins Mechanistic Studies of Enzymes in the Isoprene Biosynthetic Pathway Structural Studies of Peptide Neurotoxins from Fish-Hunting Cone Snails 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, charcterize 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.